Faculty decisively approve grading changes
Cap on A grades and shift from GPA to ‘average percentile rank’ set to go into effect fall 2027
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AI system automates coding for scientific research
A new AI tool called Empirical Research Assistance can automatically write high-performance scientific software, even outperforming software written by experts.
‘Living with volcanoes requires accepting their power’
Hawaiʻi’s Alyssia Wiesenbauer arrived with an interest in studying volcanoes. She leaves with a deep knowledge of nature and museums.
Graduating at 79 — with her daughters cheering her on
When Rosie Rines graduated from Boston’s Roslindale High School in 1964, college didn’t seem like an option. But later this month, at 79 years old, she’ll don a cap and gown and receive her undergraduate degree from Harvard Extension School — with her daughters cheering her on.
Finding his rhythm between classroom and stage
At Harvard, drummer Raghav Mehrotra ’26 built knowledge about the music industry — and a sizable social media following.
Her senior project? Building panels made from waste wool
About 1 billion kilograms of wool gets wasted per year. Waste wool can come from farmers, from textile mills before the wool gets made into clothes and used by consumers. Environmental Science & Engineering concentrator Mia Montrose employed waste wool to make building cladding panels as an example of sustainable materials.
Cracking the code of ‘what the nose knows’
A team of researchers from two labs has created the most comprehensive map to date of how the primary olfactory system detects and organizes social and predator odors.
Lives saved by sociologist’s fix for skin tone bias
The Monk Skin Tone scale, devised in 2019 by Professor Ellis Monk, helps create more accurate medical diagnostic tools for patients with dark skin
After failing out and dropping out, Navy vet set to graduate
A few months shy of 30, Richard Glazunov is poised to graduate from Harvard College with a degree in government.
The bottom line on sustainability
A leader at Estée Lauder Companies, she deepened her expertise at Harvard Extension School.
‘I wrote poetry for the first time in my life’
The Mayo Clinic psychiatrist earned a master’s in creative writing and literature at Harvard Extension School.