Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

06/04/2026

One of the best parts of crossing the stage? Spotting your biggest supporters in the crowd. Congratulations to our graduates and the communities and loved ones that helped them reach this milestone!

📷: Tony Rinaldo

06/03/2026

Class of 2026, the future is yours. Congratulations!

06/01/2026

YOU DID IT!

Harvard Griffin GSAS celebrated with almost 700 graduates this past Thursday in Sanders Theatre. We are so proud!

📷: Tony Rinaldo

05/29/2026

Yesterday morning's Commencement activities were a dream. ✨ Congratulations to the class of 2026!

📷: Tony Rinaldo

05/28/2026

“There are so many opportunities, uncertainties and challenges in our world, and so many things we can do more of or should do better, and amidst all of this we really need graduates like you, graduates who are used to taking a leap informed by meticulous knowledge and research, unfazed by the unknown, undeterred by apparent roadblocks, failures, comfortable with complexity and ambiguity, able to convey that complexity with disarming lucidity, and – let’s own it – go on to win an outsized number of Nobel Prizes, McArthur Awards, Fields Medals and all other major recognitions of academic excellence.”

- Emma Dench, Dean of Harvard Griffin GSAS

05/28/2026

Happy Commencement Day! Share the joy and watch our 2026 graduates LIVE from Sanders Theatre at the Harvard Griffin GSAS Diploma Awarding Ceremonies, beginning now!

November 2025, February 2026, and May 2026 degree recipients participate in this one festive occasion marking the transition from student to alumni. Harvard ...

05/28/2026

Our graduates making their way into Tercentenary Theatre!

05/27/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Centennial Medalists!

Frank Bidart, AM ’67, English and American Literature and Language
Anjana Rao, PhD ’78, Biophysics
Cristián Samper, PhD ’92, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Londa Schiebinger, AM ’77, PhD ’84, History

The Centennial Medal, which recognizes those who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, their disciplines, their colleagues, and society, is the highest honor that the Harvard Griffin GSAS bestows.

Harvard Griffin GSAS presents highest honor to four alumni

05/27/2026

First awarded in 1989 on the 100th anniversary of the School’s founding, the Centennial Medal is the highest honor that the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences bestows.

Today, beginning at 12:00 p.m. EST, join Dean Emma Dench as she presents it to the 2026 cohort of distinguished graduates who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, to their disciplines, to their colleagues, and to society.

First awarded in 1989 on the 100th anniversary of the School’s founding, the Centennial Medal is the highest honor that the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Gradua...

05/26/2026

Nuclear power accounts for 18 to 20 percent of electricity generated in the United States. In some places, the share is much greater—over half the energy generated in Illinois, for instance, the country’s sixth-largest state. As demand rises sharply, particularly from AI data centers, the federal government has increased funding, loans, and tax incentives in an effort to increase nuclear capacity, extend operations of existing reactors, and restart retired ones.

Although public support for nuclear energy has surged in recent years, opposition remains strong. The most common reason? Safety concerns. And they may be valid, according to population health scientist Yazan Alwadi, who received his PhD from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in February 2026, months after receiving a master’s degree in biostatistics in November 2025. Now a post-doctoral researcher at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Alwadi’s work uncovers a link between cancer and proximity to nuclear power plants.

Read more: https://buff.ly/jdkVECZ

Photo by Claudia Romano/Harvard Griffin GSAS