GSAS News

Three mixed-media paintings by David Bakalar evoke the synapses of the brain while drawing inspiration from Albert Einstein’s landmark mass-energy equivalence formula.

The Harvard Griffin GSAS alumnus, an expert in porous materials for energy and sustainability, has been named the inaugural Thomas C. Foley Professor of Energy and the Environment and director of the new Harvard Materials Initiative.

A group led by astronomer Collin Cherubim, PhD '26, has discovered an atmosphere on an Earth-like planet in the temperate “habitable zone” of a distant star system—an intriguing hint of another world that might be hospitable to life.

Political scientists Stephen Ansolabehere, PhD '89, and Brian F. Schaffner interviewed more than 700,000 Americans about politics over two decades. In both red and blue America, they found the universal experiences relating to life, death, and economics dominated people's concerns.

FAS Professor Gregory Nagy, PhD '66, was recognized by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation on Independence Day as part of a group of naturalized US citizens whose contributions have strengthened the nation.

Kezi Cheng, PhD ‘21, co-founded FLO Materials to produce an alternative plastic polymer that is far easier and cheaper to recycle back into a usable form. Her first target: the plastic used to make frames for eyeglasses.