GSAS News

Ellen Winner, PhD '78, senior research associate at Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of Gifted Children: Myths and Realities, discusses the history and connotations of the “gifted” child or student.

Former Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana, PhD '98, says Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber’s book Terms of Respect "reads as a diagnosis of a civic crisis and a call to sustain institutions that, despite their flaws, remain among our best hopes for educating citizens to prepare them for a pluralistic and interconnected world."

Co-founded by Mira Bernstein, PhD ’99, Cambridge Math Circle is a place where faculty and alumni share puzzles, riddles, and joy with young students from the local community.

Harvard Professor of Government Stephen Ansolabehere, PhD '89, an expert in public opinion and elections and a consultant for the CBS News Election Decision Desk, joined Harvard Griffin GSAS Dean Emma Dench to address questions about elections, energy, and the public mood. 

Researcher Duygu Payzin Dogru, PhD ’22, and regenerative biologist Jessica Whited explore how the axolotl regenerates and whether it’s possible to stimulate lost limbs to regrow in humans, too.

Amherst College political scientist Javier Corrales, PhD ’96, is skeptical both of the Trump administration’s stated goals for the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and its ability to bring about a positive transformation in Venezuela’s governance. Still, he remains hopeful about the prospects for change in the wake of Maduro’s ouster.