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Making Important Contributions To Understanding Rett Syndrome, Autism

June 01, 2026

PhD graduate Devorah Kranz brings to research the creativity and holistic thinking she developed growing up in a Hasidic Jewish community. READ MORE.

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As They Advance Critical Research, PhD Graduates Agree: ‘Science Is a Community Project’

June 01, 2026

Community and mentorship shone as prominent themes at the Harvard Medical School-Affiliated PhD Programs Hooding Ceremony on May 28 as scholars received their doctoral hoods after many years studying, collaborating, and stretching themselves as they...

First rule of a disease fighter: Be curious

May 22, 2026

Ph.D. candidate Isaac Witte retraces ‘incremental advances’ that unlocked CRISPR technique. READ MORE.

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Persistence Brought This First-Generation Student to a Career in Neuroscience

May 18, 2026

PhD graduate Dionnet Bhatti Mazo explores how our brain interprets the world. READ MORE.

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How Music Moves the Brain

May 18, 2026

Christine Junhui Liu graduated from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in November 2025 with a PhD in speech and hearing bioscience and technology. She discusses her early passion for the viola, how curiosity about music...