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  Seven Harvard Affiliates Named HHMI Investigators
  
  The designation comes with $9 million in research support
  
  9.23.21
  
  Corporation member Penny Pritzker underwrites new economics building
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  Penny Pritzker Gives $100 Million for New Economics Facility
  
  Landmark support for an eminently strong department
  
  9.21.21
  
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  Harvard’s Endowment Outlook—Updated
  
  How far is up in a year of robust investment returns? The University of Virginia’s report is suggestive.
  
  9.14.21
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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.
  
  Seven Harvard Affiliates Named HHMI Investigators
  
  The designation comes with $9 million in research support
  
  9.23.21
  
  James Stock, newly appointed vice provost for climate and sustainability
  Photograph by Stu Rosner
  
  President Bacow Reviews Harvard Climate Actions
  
  A summary of current work—and an important new appointment
  
  9.9.21
  
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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 Gene Therapy Breakthrough
  
  A uniquely interdisciplinary lab has developed a new technique to deliver targeted gene therapies.
  
  9.9.21
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  Harvard Yard
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  Home Among Strangers
  
  A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester
  
  9.13.21
  
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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 Gene Therapy Breakthrough
  
  A uniquely interdisciplinary lab has developed a new technique to deliver targeted gene therapies.
  
  9.9.21
  
  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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  Convocation Welcomes Classes of 2024 and 2025 to Campus
  
  President Bacow and Harvard College Dean Khurana welcome the Class of 2025 and, for the first time in-person, the Class of 2024.
  
  8.31.21
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  Corporation member Penny Pritzker underwrites new economics building
  © Moshe Zusman Photography Studio
  
  Penny Pritzker Gives $100 Million for New Economics Facility
  
  Landmark support for an eminently strong department
  
  9.21.21
  
  Namwali Serpell
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  Namwali Serpell’s Novel-In-Progress
  
  The acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.
  
  9.16.21
  
  Harvard Yard
  Photograph by Meena Venkataramanan
  
  Home Among Strangers
  
  A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester
  
  9.13.21
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  Mother’s Lap, by Katherine Bradford
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  Reflections of Pandemic Intimacy
  
  Harvard's Carpenter Center highlights works by Katherine Bradford and Diedrick Bracken
  
  September-October 2021
  
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  The synagogue's painted brick exterior
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  America’s Oldest Synagogue
  
  Newport R.I.’s colonial era and thriving Jewish community
  
  September-October 2021
  
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  A day at Lookout Farm offers scenic views of barns and orchards
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  Betting on Lookout Farm
  
  A pandemic-era restaurant-plus-farm thrives in Natick, Massachusetts
  
  September-October 2021
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  A long-term issue: Divest Harvard signs hang from Mass. Hall—in 2015.
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  Has Harvard “Divested”?
  
  Interpreting President Bacow’s recent statement on climate change
  
  9.20.21
  
  On duty: Kit Parker in spring 2003, with a village leader in southern Kandahar Province, whose son had been kidnapped by the Taliban
  Photograph courtesy of Kit Parker
  
  Afghanistan Will Be What It Always Was
  
  But will we be better? A veteran’s reflections
  
  8.18.21
  
  Illustration by Dave Cutler
  
  Forum: Is Harvard Complacent?
  
  Considering fundamental change in the wake of the pandemic
  
  September-October 2021
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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.
  
  War's Other Consequences
  
  Harvard Art Museums exhibition explores the American military’s effect on its homeland.
  
  9.17.21
  
  Namwali Serpell
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  Namwali Serpell’s Novel-In-Progress
  
  The acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.
  
  9.16.21
  
  The Harvard Art Museums
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  Harvard Art Museums To Require Vaccination or Negative COVID Test
  
  The announcement comes amid a spike in cases on campus and an increase in testing frequency.
  
  9.7.21
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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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  Football 2021: Harvard 49, Brown 17
  
  Another big win for the Crimson
  
  9.26.21
  
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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.
  Photograph by Art Pittman
  
  Football 2021: Harvard 44, Georgetown 9
  
  Harvard crushes Georgetown in the season opener.
  
  9.19.21
  
  Lyon rides on a special tandem bicycle with his son, Joshua.
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  How to Take a European Bike Vacation
  
  Michael J. Lyon pursues easy, affordable trips.
  
  September-October 2021
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  Yesterday’s News
  
  Headlines from Harvard’s history
  
  September-October 2021
  
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  From Harvard Celebrities: A Book of Caricatures and Decorative Drawings, 1901
  
  The Poco of Pocos
  
  Brief life of a Harvard “character”
  
  September-October 2021
  
  James Agee
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  Origin Stories
  
  Bow and Arrow’s mechanic, James Agee’s creative turbulence
  
  September-October 2021
- Podcast
  
  Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives Its Audience?
  
  11.30.20
  
  Francesca Dominici: How Does Air Pollution Affect COVID-19?
  
  11.23.20
  
  Rebecca Henderson: Does Capitalism Need to be Reimagined?
  
  11.16.20
  
  Jeannie Suk Gersen: Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asian Americans?
  
  11.9.20
  
  Danielle Allen: What Do COVID-19 and Extreme Inequality Mean for American Democracy?
  
  11.2.20
  
  Caroline Buckee: Can Mobile-phone Data Help Control the Spread of the Coronavirus?
  
  10.26.20
  
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