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The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which awards the Harvard PhD, offers 57 degree programs, including interfaculty PhD programs with Harvard’s professional schools. PhD students may broaden their programs by enrolling in a growing number of secondary fields of study.

Scholarly Life Articles


Sound and Vision

Posted October 25, 2011

Composer and PhD student Edgar Barroso scores with a juried selection at the Tokyo Film Festival.


Harvard Science on the Road

Posted October 24, 2011

Faculty and staff from GSAS and across Harvard will meet prospective PhD students at three upcoming national conferences for minority scholars in science and engineering.


Could a Secondary Field Enhance Your PhD Program?

Posted October 14, 2011

the Graduate School now offers 15 secondary fields,which may help PhD students broaden both their intellectual and their professional portfolios.


The Library of Her Dreams

Posted October 14, 2011

On departing Harvard, and remembering the hours and days (and years) at Widener.


Two GSAS Alums Win 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics

Posted October 10, 2011

Sargent and Sims are recognized for their empirical work on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.


Two GSAS Alums Win 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics

Posted October 06, 2011

Adam Riess, PhD '96, astronomy, and Brian Schmidt, PhD '93, astronomy, win for their discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe.


Bittersweet Symphony

Posted September 28, 2011

Celebrating chocolate — and exploring its complex socioeconomic and sustainability issues— Carla Martin turns a culinary passion into a scholarly analysis.


Global GSAS: Taking Harvard to Hong Kong

Posted September 16, 2011

GSAS alumni and deans mingled with Harvard faculty and other alumni at a festive pair of gatherings in one of Asia's most dynamic cities.


Fertile Ground

Posted August 18, 2011

Humanists are turning to cognitive and neuroscientists — and vice versa — to gain new insights into perception and experience.


Call for Proposals: Humanities Conference

Posted August 04, 2011

Submit a proposal to coordinate the Mahindra Humanities Center's annual Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student Conference.

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