2026

Congratulations to Professor David Haig who has been named Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the Australian Government. A ppointments to the Order of Australia confer the highest recognition for...

Harvard University Herbaria was one of more than 170 institutions spread across 40 countries that contributed to the sixth edition of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, " State of the World's Plants and Fungi" report. Professor Jeannine Cavender-Bares...

The Gazette featured Professor Mandë Holford and her work with deadly marine mollusks whose toxins can work with targeted efficiency at a fast kill and yet also hold the power to cure some human diseases. Holford joined OEB last year where she continues...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Gabe Effiong (Robin Hopkins, Advisor) awarded the Student Expedition Fellowship from the Harvard University Herbaria for the project titled, "Population Genetic Structure, Floral Polymorphism, and Reinforcement in Phlox...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Ryan Schmidt-Knapik (Charles Davis, Advisor) awarded the Student Expedition Fellowship from the Harvard University Herbaria for the project titled, "Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Verbascum (Scrophulariaceae): a...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Laura Ostrowsky (Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Advisor) awarded the Student Expedition Fellowship from the Harvard University Herbaria for the project titled, "How do Acer rubrum populations from a wide latitudinal gradient...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Laura Ostrowsky (Jeannine Cavender-Bares) awarded the Salata Summer Research Funding Program for the project titled, "Investigating plasticity in leaf morphological traits across a light gradient in tree canopies."

Congratulations to PhD candidate Laura Ostrowsky (Jeannine Cavender-Bares) recipient of the Cunin/Sigal Award from the Arnold Arboretum for the project titled, " How do Acer rubrum populations from a wide latitudinal gradient differ in regenerative...

The Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) featured recent graduate Arianna Lord (PhD '26, Gonzalo Giribet, Advisor) in the Griffin GSAS News. Lord, a native of New Zealand, came to the United Stated to pursue undergraduate studies at...

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Andrea Appleton (Elena Kramer, Advisor) recipient of the Research Scholar Award from the Arnold Arboretum for the project titled, “Androecial evolution, development, and diversity across Cornales.”