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The mummy of Padihershef rests next to its coffin in the Massachusetts General Hospital's Ether Dome.

Massachusetts General Hospital's resident mummy undergoes restoration and study

MGH's resident mummy undergoes restoration and a medical exam.

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock Is Harvard’s 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry

The jazz pianist will give six lectures in February and March.

Four Harvard hockey players on the U.S. women's 2014 Winter Olympic team

Four Harvard players have made the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team bound for Sochi, Russia.

Daniel K. Ludwig (1897-1992)

Daniel K. Ludwig Bequest Endows Study of Cancer's Resistance to Therapy

The Ludwig Cancer Research gift endows the study of resistance to therapy.

A recent alumnus reflects on grade inflation at Harvard College

Harvard, grading, and taking the training wheels off

by Michael Zuckerman

Michael Zuckerman

Harvard alumni reflect on their Teach for America experiences

Recent Teach for American alumni share reflections on the controversial program.

by Michael Zuckerman

According to an affidavit filed with the U.S. district attorney, Kim told authorities he was “motivated by a desire to avoid a final exam scheduled to be held on [Monday].”

Eldo Kim ’16 charged in Harvard bomb threat

Eldo Kim ’16 was allegedly trying to avoid a final exam.

New genome-editing technologies use proteins called transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs), which have interchangeable, repeatable regions that match one of DNA's four nucleotides: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C). By linking several DNA-binding domains, indicated by colored blocks, researchers can engineer proteins to target specific DNA sequences.

Harvard researchers develop new methods to precisely engineer genomes

Harvard researchers develop new, precise ways to alter organisms' DNA.

Photograph courtesy of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation

David Price leads community development in Boston's low-income neighborhoods

Boston's Dudley Square is a focus of nonprofit community development often led by David Price, executive director of Nuestra Comunidad

by Nell Porter-Brown

Poet and physician Rafael Campo relaxes at home with a book.

Alterrnative Medicine, poetry book by physician Rafael Campo

Rafael Campo, M.D., straddles medicine and metonymy.

by Stephen Burt

Anita Elberse, backed by a picture of basketball superstar LeBron James, an important figure in her book <i>Blockbusters</i>

Anita Elberse on the big business of blockbusters

In entertainment, big bets on likely winners rule.

by Craig Lambert

Get involved with citizen-science projects from astronomy to zoology

Get involved with citizen-science projects from astronomy to zoology.