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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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A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester
James Stock, newly appointed vice provost for climate and sustainability
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A summary of current work—and an important new appointment
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James Stock, newly appointed vice provost for climate and sustainability
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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.
Dan Barouch
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Dan Barouch awarded $24.5 million for HIV research, Marc Lipsitch named to national center for public health forecasting
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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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Screenshot by Harvard MagazineThe acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.
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A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester
Dan Barouch
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Dan Barouch awarded $24.5 million for HIV research, Marc Lipsitch named to national center for public health forecasting
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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
“/Gaishay focusing the camera,” a photograph taken during a 1957-58 ethnographic expedition in Namibia.
Photograph is a gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, PM2001.29.15489
Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts
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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.
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The announcement comes amid a spike in cases on campus and an increase in testing frequency.
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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.
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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Footballers shake off the rust from a long hiatus
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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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Harvard’s clocks and the standardization of time
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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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