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From left, top to bottom: Cigall Kadoch, Shingo Kajimura, Emily Balskus, Flaminia Catteruccia, Sun Hur
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The designation comes with $9 million in research support
Corporation member Penny Pritzker underwrites new economics building
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Landmark support for an eminently strong department
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How far is up in a year of robust investment returns? The University of Virginia’s report is suggestive.
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From left, top to bottom: Cigall Kadoch, Shingo Kajimura, Emily Balskus, Flaminia Catteruccia, Sun Hur
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Photograph of Flaminia Catteruccia courtesy Wikimedia Commons/ Harvard SPH.
The designation comes with $9 million in research support
James Stock, newly appointed vice provost for climate and sustainability
Photograph by Stu Rosner
A summary of current work—and an important new appointment
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(1 of 2) In mice, a lab-evolved vector for delivering a gene therapy (MyoAAV, indicated by the presence of green fluorescent protein) selectively targets muscle (depicted whole, top, and in cross-section, above right) dramatically better than commonly used, naturally-occurring viral vectors (above left and center).Image courtesy of the Pardis Sabeti Lab and Cell/DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.028
A uniquely interdisciplinary lab has developed a new technique to deliver targeted gene therapies.
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A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester
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(1 of 2) In mice, a lab-evolved vector for delivering a gene therapy (MyoAAV, indicated by the presence of green fluorescent protein) selectively targets muscle (depicted whole, top, and in cross-section, above right) dramatically better than commonly used, naturally-occurring viral vectors (above left and center).Image courtesy of the Pardis Sabeti Lab and Cell/DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.028
A uniquely interdisciplinary lab has developed a new technique to deliver targeted gene therapies.
Danoff Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana and Harvard Alumni Association president Vanessa Liu ’96, J.D ’03, unfurl the class of 2025 banner
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President Bacow and Harvard College Dean Khurana welcome the Class of 2025 and, for the first time in-person, the Class of 2024.
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Corporation member Penny Pritzker underwrites new economics building
© Moshe Zusman Photography Studio
Landmark support for an eminently strong department
Namwali Serpell
Screenshot by Harvard MagazineThe acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.
Harvard Yard
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A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester
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Mother’s Lap, by Katherine Bradford
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Harvard's Carpenter Center highlights works by Katherine Bradford and Diedrick Bracken
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The synagogue's painted brick exterior
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Newport R.I.’s colonial era and thriving Jewish community
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A day at Lookout Farm offers scenic views of barns and orchards
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A pandemic-era restaurant-plus-farm thrives in Natick, Massachusetts
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A long-term issue: Divest Harvard signs hang from Mass. Hall—in 2015.
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Interpreting President Bacow’s recent statement on climate change
On duty: Kit Parker in spring 2003, with a village leader in southern Kandahar Province, whose son had been kidnapped by the Taliban
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But will we be better? A veteran’s reflections
Opportunities in admissions, online degrees, research, and more
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Will Wilson, Diné (b. San Francisco 1969), "Auto Immune Response: Confluence of Three Generations," 2015.
Harvard Art Museums, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs, 2021.19. © Will Wilson; image courtesy of the artist.
Harvard Art Museums exhibition explores the American military’s effect on its homeland.
Namwali Serpell
Screenshot by Harvard MagazineThe acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.
The Harvard Art Museums
Photograph by Zak Jensen; © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums.
The announcement comes amid a spike in cases on campus and an increase in testing frequency.
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Mr. Wizard: Making his first Ivy start, Harvard sophomore quarterback Charlie Dean dazzled with fakery and completed 14 of 24 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown--and was not intercepted.
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Another big win for the Crimson
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Back in stride: After two years away, Harvard junior Aaron Shampklin (20) singed Georgetown defenders such as Jonathan Honore for 186 yards and two touchdowns.
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Harvard crushes Georgetown in the season opener.
Lyon rides on a special tandem bicycle with his son, Joshua.
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Michael J. Lyon pursues easy, affordable trips.
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James Agee
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Bow and Arrow’s mechanic, James Agee’s creative turbulence
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Harvard’s clocks and the standardization of time
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At Indigo Ag’s Charlestown headquarters, technicians track plant growth,…
Photograph by Jim Harrison
A New Green Revolution?
Abundant food and better than ever?
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