Graduate & Professional Schools

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

Ronny Chieng is Harvard’s Class Day Speaker

The comedian, actor, and The Daily Show correspondent will address the 2026 College graduating class on May 27.

by Schuyler Velasco

Harvard Will Bargain with Grad-Student Union

Graduate students voted 1,931-1,523 last month to form a labor union.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Bill Gates talks with students

The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.

by Jonathan Shaw

Tomiko Brown-Nagin to Lead Radcliffe Institute

The legal historian will become dean on July 1. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Graduate Students Vote to Unionize

The outcome means that thousands of graduate students can begin collective bargaining with the University. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

A Progress Report on Faculty Diversity

Progress and barriers to diversifying Harvard’s faculty

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

FAS dean to step down and more

FAS dean to step down, John Lewis to speak at Commencement, Hillary Clinton at Radcliffe, and more

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Mihir Desai explains the real consequences of the new tax law

Understanding the real consequences of the new tax law

by Mihir A. Desai

Harvard Commencement 2018

Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations

Behavioral “nudges” boost student performance

Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.

by Jonathan Shaw