Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The class of 2026 was full of smiles as they prepared to process into Tercentenary Theatre for Harvard University's Commencement Exercises.

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Congratulations to Harvard Chan's Class of 2026, comprising 659 graduates. This morning, the graduates and their guests are in Cambridge for Harvard University's Commencement Morning Exercises at Tercentenary Theatre in Harvard Yard.

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Harvard Chan School’s Class of 2026 gathered with their friends and family to celebrate at their Convocation ceremony today in Boston.

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Scenes from a joyous Convocation day for the Harvard Chan School class of 2026!

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, MPH ’01, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, delivers the Convocation speech for Harvard Chan School's Class of 2026.

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Rajeshwari Subramanian, MPH ‘26, addresses her fellow graduates in the Class of 2026.

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Dean Baccarelli addresses Harvard Chan’s Class of 2026 at this year’s Convocation ceremony, celebrating a new generation of public health leaders prepared to turn evidence into action, confront global health inequities, and improve lives across disciplines and borders. hsph.me/graduation

Today, we celebrate Harvard Chan School’s Class of 2026 at Convocation!

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Nuclear power accounts for 18 to 20 percent of electricity generated in the United States. In some places, the share is much greater—over half the energy generated in Illinois, for instance, the country’s sixth-largest state. As demand rises sharply, particularly from AI data centers, the federal government has increased funding, loans, and tax incentives in an effort to increase nuclear capacity, extend operations of existing reactors, and restart retired ones.

Although public support for nuclear energy has surged in recent years, opposition remains strong. The most common reason? Safety concerns. And they may be valid, according to population health scientist Yazan Alwadi, who received his PhD from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in February 2026, months after receiving a master’s degree in biostatistics in November 2025. Now a post-doctoral researcher at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Alwadi’s work uncovers a link between cancer and proximity to nuclear power plants.

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Photo by Claudia Romano/Harvard Griffin GSAS