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

Flu Is a Matter of Security, Frenk Says

The dean of the Harvard School of Public Health connects pandemics and policy in a lunchtime talk.

Training Leaders to Transform Education

The Graduate School of Education creates a new doctor of education leadership program.

Architecture for Everyone

A summer program at the Graduate School of Design aims to attract more minority students to architecture.

by Melanie E. Long

"If You Love Rats"

The Harvard Medical School Class Day address

Martha Minow Appointed Dean of Harvard Law School

Martha Minow, a member of the law school faculty since 1981, has been appointed dean, succeeding Elena Kagan, now solicitor general of the United States.

General Petraeus Speaks at the Kennedy School

General David Petraeus spoke on military and security issues at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Cherry A. Murray Named SEAS Dean

Murray comes to Harvard from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was previously a senior vice president at Bell Laboratories.

A Global Health View

A profile of Julio Frenk, new dean of the Harvard School of Public Health

Howell Jackson Acting Dean-Designate of Harvard Law School

Howell Jackson will become acting dean of Harvard Law School, subject to the confirmation of Elena Kagan as U.S. Solicitor General.

Law School Dean Kagan Nominated To Be U.S. Solicitor General

Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School since 2003, will be nominated to serve as Solicitor General by President-elect Barack Obama.