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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
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The acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.
Harvard Yard
Photograph by Meena Venkataramanan
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
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The 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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From Harvard Celebrities: A Book of Caricatures and Decorative Drawings, 1901
Brief life of a Harvard “character”
James Agee
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Bow and Arrow’s mechanic, James Agee’s creative turbulence
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Rayhan Asat with her brother Ekpar
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World champion palindromist Mark Saltveit and one of the simplest palindromes in the English language
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Rayhan Asat with her brother Ekpar
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World champion palindromist Mark Saltveit and one of the simplest palindromes in the English language
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