From imposters to chocolate
When it comes to their January plans, most graduate students have similar items on their to-do lists: Put in time in the labs, work on the research or writing of their dissertations, and maybe catch up on sleep. For hundreds of students in Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, however, January included more than a few items — like financial-planning seminars, classes about the history and politics of chocolate, and workshops on answering tough questions in job interviews — that fell outside the intersession box. The events were part of the third annual January @ GSAS, a series of more than 80 classes, seminars, and workshops designed to give students an opportunity for professional development and social interaction, and a chance to explore interests that fall outside their areas of study. For second-year public health student Allegra Gordon, who took part in the “Chocolate, Culture and the Politics of Food” class, the...