Graduate & Professional Schools

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

The School of Public Health, Facing a Financial Reckoning, Seizes the Chance to Reinvent Itself

Dean Andrea Baccarelli plans for a smaller, more impactful Chan School of 2030.

by Jonathan Shaw

A Century of Commerce

Harvard Business School (HBS) is throwing a year-long centennial celebration. The anniversary itself falls on April 8, the date in 1908 when the...

Focusing on the Ph.D.

During her tenure as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), from mid 2005 through last December, Theda Skocpol says, “I...

Engineering Dean to Step Down

Narayanamurti, the Armstrong professor of engineering and applied sciences, cited a desire to return to teaching and research. He had...

At Harvard Medical International, Changes Afoot

Since its inception, it has developed more than 50 programs, in more than 30 countries across five continents. The website lists more than two dozen projects currently under way...

New Graduate School Dean

Brandt will succeed Theda Skocpol, Thomas professor of government and sociology, who became dean in 2005 but announced her intention to step down last spring...

Lessons from the SARS Epidemic

The SARS coronavirus epidemic provides lessons in how to combat zoonoses such as Ebola, swine, and avian flu.

by Jonathan Shaw