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College Admits 13.9 Percent of Early Applicants

The College has admitted 13.9 percent of early-action applicants to the class of 2024, up slightly from 13.4 percent admitted from that pool last year. 

by Jacob Sweet

A network of curli fibers (produced by genetically altered E. coli bacteria) can bind to intestinal surfaces, where it acts like a Band-Aid, and can even deliver probiotic therapies.

Toward a biomanufacturing future

Neel Joshi harnesses bacteria to build products sustainably.

by Jonathan Shaw

Super-resolution microscopy developed in the lab of Peng Yin allows researchers using conventional microscopes to see the inner workings of cells at the single molecule level. Above, microtubules (green) and mitochondria (purple) dominate the intracellular landscape.

Building a Better Microscope

Peng Yin uses the physical properties of DNA to illuminate life’s smallest parts.

by Jonathan Shaw

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Harvard President Bacow on Nobel Prizes

President Bacow on Nobel honorands and curiosity-driven research

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Photograph of Annette Samuels in the Harvard Art Museum

Annette Samuels makes a return visit to Harvard

Annette Samuels ’55 goes back to class.

by Jacob Sweet

A Hasty Pudding Theatricals poster from 1910 showing a debutante curtseying

Harvard Treasure: Hasty Pudding Posters

“Shingles” and other art of the Hasty Pudding from the Harvard Theatre Collection.

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration showing innovators going underground rather than assaulting an established fortress

Excerpt from Rosabeth Moss Kanter “Think Outside the Building”

In her new book, Rosabeth Moss Kanter thinks “outside the building.”

Photograph of athletic and sports medicine trainer Brant Berkstresser

Brant Berkstresser and sports medicine at Harvard

Brant Berkstresser aims to ensure sound bodies for Harvard’s student athletes.

by Jacob Sweet

Honoring artists and writers

An appreciation for outstanding work

An illustration showing money being deposited via funnel into a columned building labeled "college"

David Deming on tuition-free public college underwritten by existing funds

David Deming says existing federal higher-education subsidies, if redeployed, could make public colleges free.

by Cherone Duggan

Scene from "Gloria, A Life," showing women marching in solidarity with protest sign

The A.R.T.’s “Gloria: A Life“

“Gloria: A Life,” at the American Repertory Theater

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photo of Geoffrey Fowler with old and new smartphones

Technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler: a profile

Geoffrey Fowler tackles the “great reckoning” with privacy.

by Jacob Sweet