IB Undergrad News

The FAS Current featured Lauren Bartel, IB Concentrator in Scott Edwards Lab, who joined the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) student board as a first-year and stayed her full four years helping to increase public understanding and appreciation...

The FAS Current featured Ashwin Sivakumar, IB Concentrator in Scott Edwards Lab, detailing how his interest in nature shaped his academic pursuits and his work with Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Ashwin's work in the Edwards Lab led to his senior...

Deep in the marine world lives an enigmatic creature that is challenging our understanding of early animal evolution. Known as the three-banded panther worm, Hofstenia miamia belongs to a mysterious group called acoels. While these worms might look like...

Congratulations to IB concentrator, Jiajie "Angel" Zhang (Andrew Davies, Advisor) who has been named a Schwarzman Scholar. Founded in 2015 by Stephen A. Schwarzman, the scholarship selects scholars annually to complete a one-year master's program in...

Congratulations to IB Concentrator, Asher Montgomery, awarded the Michael Rockefeller Traveling Fellowship. The fellowship, established in 1965, provides students the opportunity to travel and immerse themselves in a foreign culture for one year. Asher...

Congratulations to Kainoa Paul (Andrew Davies Lab) awarded the Michael Rockefeller Traveling Fellowship for the project titled, " Exploring Stewardship and Community Along Aotearoa’s Te Araroa, 'The Long Pathway." Kainoa will be traveling to Aotearoa New...

Congratulations to IB concentrator Ashwin Sivakumar (Scott Edwards Lab) named Marshall Scholar. Ashwin serves on the advisory board for the Pasadena Audubon Society and the student board of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. Sivakumar, who hopes...

The 2024 IB Senior Thesis Poster Session took place on April 3rd in the Northwest Labs and featured twenty-five posters.

The 2025 IB Senior Thesis Poster Session took place on April 9th in the Northwest Labs and featured nineteen senior thesis posters.

Congratulations to graduating senior Libby Tseng (Mansi Srivastava) awarded the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for her senior thesis, "Reproduction in the Three-Banded Panther Worm, Hofstenia miamia ."