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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
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  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
  Photograph by Jonathan Shaw/Harvard Magazine
  
  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
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  Afghanistan Will Be What It Always Was
  
  But will we be better? A veteran’s reflections
  
  8.18.21
  
  How Will Harvard Change Post-Coronavirus?
  
  Opportunities in admissions, online degrees, research, and more
  
  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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  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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  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.
  Photograph courtesy of Michael J. Lyon
  
  How to Take a European Bike Vacation
  
  Michael J. Lyon pursues easy, affordable trips.
  
  September-October 2021
  
  Hard chargers: All-Ivy first team linebacker Jordan Hill (55), the Crimson’s 147th captain, and defensive tackle Jacob Sykes (99) are mainstays on a defensive front seven that is rugged and deep.
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  Back to the Gridiron
  
  Footballers shake off the rust from a long hiatus
  
  September-October 2021
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  Yesterday’s News
  
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  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
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  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?
  
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  10.26.20
  
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The Progress of the Disciplines

Leading professors on the future of their fields

September-October 2011

Pamela Silver

Pamela Silver

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Sidebars:

Pamela Silver

Biology in This Century

An ancient science becomes the new technology.

Educating Business Leaders for a Global Century

Preparation for international practice

Helen Vendler

Reading Is Elemental

How to preserve the humanities

Cherry A. Murray

Engineering in the Twenty-First Century

A question of convergence

Edward L. Glaeser

Sciences Still Young

Better data, the rise of real experiments, and interdisciplinary advances in the social sciences

For Harvard’s 375th anniversary, leading professors predict the future of their fields:

Biology in This Century, by Pamela A. Silver

Educating Business Leaders for a Global Century, by Nitin Nohria

Reading Is Elemental, by Helen Vendler

Engineering in the Twenty-First Century, by Cherry A. Murray

Sciences Still Young, by Edward L. Glaeser

Sidebars:

Pamela Silver

Biology in This Century

An ancient science becomes the new technology.

Educating Business Leaders for a Global Century

Preparation for international practice

Helen Vendler

Reading Is Elemental

How to preserve the humanities

Cherry A. Murray

Engineering in the Twenty-First Century

A question of convergence

Edward L. Glaeser

Sciences Still Young

Better data, the rise of real experiments, and interdisciplinary advances in the social sciences

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