Graduate & Professional Schools

Updates and features from Harvard’s graduate schools, including Law, Business, Medicine, and others.

The Professor Who Quantified Democracy

Erica Chenoweth’s data shows how—and when—authoritarians fall.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Alice Hamilton

Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970

by Daniel Stone

Quality of Care

Lisa Iezzoni explores the unmet needs of patients with disabilities.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Back to Basics

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences discusses classroom conversations, boosts aid, addresses discipline—and faces austerity

by John S. Rosenberg

News in Brief

Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more

The New Gender Gaps

What to do as men and boys fall behind

by Nina Pasquini

Greening Global Finance

A proposed “green” swap enables decarbonization of emerging market development projects.

by Jonathan Shaw

Improving Harvard College and Graduate School Discipline

After the 2024 encampment, a Faculty of Arts and Sciences committee recommends changes.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Education School Dean Appointed

Nonie K. Lesaux transitions from interim to permanent dean.

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard Augments Financial Aid—and Girds for Austerity

Dean Hopi Hoekstra details Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ priorities.

by John S. Rosenberg

A Harvard Startup on Shark Tank

How a Business School graduate uses AI to preserve family history

by Olivia Farrar