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Important Paper in Regenerative Biology Retracted
An important scientific paper in the field of stem-cell and regenerative medicine that identified a mechanism for awakening stem cells involved in healing in older mice has been retracted by its senior author, associate professor of stem-cell and …
Museums, Making Their Way
James Cuno, Ph.D. ’85, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, was at the Museum of Diego Rivera in Mexico City, in mid March, when he heard that California governor Gavin Newsom had shuttered all non-essential state businesses and ordered …
Existence as Resistance
“Guess who was the most photographed American of the nineteenth century.” Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the Hutchins Center for African and African-American Studies, prepares for the surprise on my face. As it turns …
The Undergraduate: The Scientist’s Daughter
My mother has a theory on exactly where she went wrong. We can pinpoint the moment precisely: I was eight, and she brought home an oversized, illustrated children’s anthology of Greek myths. I became obsessed. During long car rides, I would retell the …
Issue: July-August 2015
Scenes from a Tempestuous Spring
Harvard’s spring of 1969, covered at length in this magazine then and recently, was marked by some of the most momentous, divisive political upheaval in the University’s history. That April, student activists protesting the Vietnam War and other crises …
Heads of the Parade
“I don’t think we have reunions anymore,” said George Post ’45, who turns 102 in the fall, at this year’s third annual Alumni Day, on Friday, May 31. Post—the oldest alumnus at this year’s Alumni Day by three months, who marks his seventh-ninth reunion …
Engineering Life
S ynthetic biology, or the application of engineering principles to the design of life, presents world-changing prospects. Could components of a living cell function as tiny switches or circuits? How would that allow biomedical engineers to build …
Issue: January-February 2020
Update: Harvard versus Penn
The escape artists from Cambridge did it again at Philadelphia's Franklin Field on Saturday. With Penn threatening at the Harvard 12-yard line and 10 seconds remaining, senior cornerback Ryan Barnes came up with a pass interception—his third of the …
Crimson in Beijing
Harvard athletes have a long history of Olympic competition, beginning with the first modern games at Athens in 1896 (see “The Unexpected Olympians ,” July-August 1996, page 36). This summer, 10 current and former Crimson athletes turned in memorable …
Issue: November-December 2008
Update: Harvard versus Lehigh
A stunning defensive play was the game-saver in a 27-24 win over Lehigh at the Stadium on October 18. A late drive had brought the visitors to Harvard’s 14-yard line. With a first down and 46 seconds to play, sophomore quarterback J.B. Clark set up to …
Being on “The Bachelor”
One evening in the fall of 2021, a Harvard graduate stepped out of a stretch limousine wearing nothing but a doctor’s coat, red stethoscope, and red lingerie to match. Thirty-two-year-old Kira Mengistu ’11, an internal medicine physician at the University …
Namwali Serpell’s Novel-In-Progress
During a lively virtual reading on Wednesday afternoon, author Namwali Serpell offered listeners a taste of her newest novel-in-progress. A fiction writer, essayist, and critic whose star has been rapidly rising, Serpell joined Harvard this fall as a …
A Tribute to Melvin Miller
Hundreds crowded the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on the evening of June 22, donning their finest attire and nametags that read “A friend of Mel,” to pay homage to Melvin B. Miller ’56 , who founded The Bay State Banner in 1965. …
Pistachio Filled Dates with Yogurt
Pistachio Filled Dates with Yogurt Ingredients • 1 tbsp Orange Zest • 1/4 cup Pistachio, chopped • 2 tbsp Coconut, shredded • 1 tsp Cinnamon • 3 tbsp Maple Syrup • 1 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt • 2 tbsp Mint, chiffonade • 1 tsp Cinnamon • 1 tsp …
Off the Shelf
I’ll Drink to That: Beaujolais and the French Peasant Who Made It the World’s Most Popular Wine , by Rudolph Chelminski ’56 ( Gotham Books, $27.50 ). “Everyone knows Beaujolais, or thinks he does,” writes the author. After reading this saga of the wine …
Issue: November-December 2007