Graduate & Professional Schools

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

Montage of Tom Lehrer performing at a piano; his signature; and several album covers

Thomas Andrew “Tom” Lehrer

The mathematician and satirist kept Harvard in his thoughts—and lyrics.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photograph of Centennial Medalists Martin Duberman, Myra Marx Ferree, Joan Argetsinger, and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.

Harvard Centennial Medalists

Four alumni recognized for work

Hopi Hoekstra

Reengineering Arts and Sciences

Spurring innovation, rethinking departments, tapping centers—and Ph.D. support

by John S. Rosenberg

Emma Dench, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dean

Regearing Ph.d. Education

Rethinking advising, and financial needs, as doctoral training evolves.

by John S. Rosenberg

Group photo of Du Yun, Daniel Goleman, Mina Jahan Bissell, Sanford Greenberg, Catherine Gattegno Cesarsky, and John Dower

Centennial Medalists

Six alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.

Photomontage of the nine graduate student presenters at the 2023 Harvard Horizons symposium

Harvard Horizons Spotlights Nine Scholars

Emerging doctoral research on COVID-19, military model villages, children at risk, and more

by Max J. Krupnick

Ken Griffin

Ken Griffin’s Naming Gift for the Graduate School

Prominent donor further supports Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

by Jonathan Shaw

Logo that reads, "150 Years, Inquiry, Innovation, Impact"

“Our History Is a Treasure Box”

150 years of creating knowledge at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

by Nancy Walecki

Head shots of the four Centennial Medalists: Lotte Bailyn, John Hutchinson, Marvin Kalb, and Margaret McIntosh

Harvard Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists

For graduate studies that contributed to society