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At Harvard–Yenching Library, a return to the Tibetan Buddhist canon
Tibetan language instructor Karma Gongde leads students in examining copies of the Tibetan Buddhist canon at Harvard–Yenching Library.

At Harvard–Yenching Library, a return to the Tibetan Buddhist canon

After spending two years immersed in digitized versions of the Tibetan Buddhist canon for his Harvard Divinity School studies, Sherab Chomphel, M.T.S. ’25, was finally face to face with the centuries-old block prints themselves.

Graduating at 79 — with her daughters cheering her on (external link)
Rosie Rines at the Scituate Public Library

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.

Her senior project? Building panels made from waste wool (external link)
Mia Montrose ’26

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.

Laser-focused on applied physics (external link)
Arman Amirzhan, Ph.D. ’26, in the lab

Laser-focused on applied physics 

Arman Amirzhan chose to study materials science as an undergraduate at Imperial College in the United Kingdom thinking he’d learn about cutting edge technology like nanomaterials. Instead, he got ceramics and metallurgy – classical areas of the field, but not his area of interest. He was worried he’d picked the wrong field of study, and because of the U.K. educational system, changing majors would be much harder than in the U.S.