GSAS News

Boston University sociologist Anthony Abraham Jack, PhD ’16, says colleges and universities often fail to acknowledge the inequities of class and race that follow students from home to campus. The solution? Pop the campus bubble and begin looking at the ways that place impacts the challenges low-income and first-generation students face.  

A major global study of flourishing led by Professor Tyler VenderWeele, PhD '06, reinforces prior warnings about the lack of well-being among youth, particularly in the US, and highlights the adage that money isn’t everything, with middle-income — not wealthy — countries topping a ranking of 22 nations.

Harvard Griffin GSAS student Lauren Tassone explores questions about how social and popular media representations of Catholic women religious (sisters and nuns) affect the public’s understanding of Catholic women and the Catholic Church.

Author Roger Rosenblatt, PhD '68, has some advice for growing old, something he says he's been doing a lot of lately. While it took him 85 years to learn these lessons, they apply to folks of any age.

How do professionals in the live entertainment industry work together to turn an artist’s creative vision into reality? 

If your morale, like mine, has been flagging, the Boston Marathon is a good place to look for hope. Watching the race last year, I penned the impromptu verses shared here. To me, there are few events more inspiring than the Boston Marathon. It’s not just any marathon; it’s the Everest of marathons.