A Nobel laureate’s assist to women’s basketball pros
How economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players secure a fairer contract
People & Perspectives
Faculty, students, researchers, staff, and alumni who comprise the FAS community
Leading chemist Jeffrey Long to join FAS faculty
The leading chemist, who studies porous materials for energy and sustainability, will serve as the inaugural Thomas C. Foley Professor of Energy and the Environment beginning January 1, 2027.
Rob Rassey named men’s ice hockey head coach
Mahzarin Banaji, Gregory Nagy named ‘Great Immigrants, Great Americans’
For more than 20 years, the Andrew Carnegie Foundation has marked Independence Day by recognizing a group of naturalized U.S. citizens whose contributions have strengthened the nation.
Student speakers draw lessons from ancient, modern, quantum worlds
Noah Eckstein, Kiesse Nanor, and Andrew O’Donohue focus on celebrating difference while embracing ties that bind.
Winners of Taliesin Prize selected by Division of Arts & Humanities
The honor is given annually to College seniors who demonstrate ‘intellectual adventure’
Birding helped him soar in evolutionary science
Early interest in nature shaped Ashwin Sivakumar’s academic interests and work with Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
‘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.
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.