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“Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence,” Harvard Kennedy School dean Doug Elmendorf wrote.
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Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.
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As the country isolates, are we all alone?
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Though WHRB had to initiate its newest members over Zoom, each student picked a traditional five-character radio name.
Extracurriculars cope despite COVID-19.
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Loeb House, where the governing boards convene
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Responses to Harvard Magazine’s questionnaire about the University’s challenges and opportunities—and Overseers’ role in leading the institution forward
The Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School
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“Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence,” Harvard Kennedy School dean Doug Elmendorf wrote.
Top row, left to right: Christiana Goh Bardon, Mark J. Carney, Kimberly Nicole Dowdell, Christopher B. Howard. Bottom row, left to right: María Teresa Kumar, Raymond J. Lohier Jr., Terah Evaleen Lyons, Sheryl WuDunn
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Nominating committee slate announced, as Harvard Forward slate seeks petition signatures.
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Highlighting 250 years of women in fashion
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Berkshire East offers majestic views of the Deerfield River Valley. (1 of 8)Photograph courtesy of Berkshire East and Tino Specht
Skiing, snow tubing, and more in Western Massachusetts
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Our editors choose their favorite stories from the year.
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Cassandra Albinson
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A curator takes a fresh look at portraits of aristocratic European women.
Jeff Schaffer (in the center) on the set of Curb Your Enthusiasm with its star, Larry David, and fellow cast members
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TV writer and producer Jeff Schaffer on how to be funny
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Highlighting 250 years of women in fashion
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An adept passer and gritty defender, Zeng also finished fifth in the Ivy League in service aces.
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Volleyball captain Sandra Zeng’s defensive focus
Roberts pauses during a visit to the Watertown Riverfront Park Braille Trail, not far from his home.
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David Roberts: A lifetime of adventures, risks, and rewards
Crimson receiver and returner Andrew Fischer breaks loose for a 58-yard run in the second quarter—one of several huge plays on the day.
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A sensational performance leads Harvard over Yale.
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The Board of Editors for volume 70 of the Harvard Law Review (1956-1957), immortalized on the steps of Austin Hall. The author, only the third woman admitted to Review membership, stands in the fourth row, at upper left.
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An alumna looks back.
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The campus’s Mr. Green, accessing acronyms, mathematician at work, and a distracted astronomer
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Tom Nichols dissects the dangerous antipathy to expertise.
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Dendritic cells (like the one shown in yellow, within a pink polymer support structure) can be activated to recognize cancer cells. After migrating to the lymph nodes and spleen, they then train immune-system T cells to attack and destroy tumors.
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An implantable cancer vaccine shows promise in training the immune system to attack tumors.
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From left to right: Marc Lipsitch, William Hanage, Barry Bloom
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Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.
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A new center for engineering and applied sciences—finally
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“Fine-tuning” an ancient practice to heal, not harm
Dendritic cells (like the one shown in yellow, within a pink polymer support structure) can be activated to recognize cancer cells. After migrating to the lymph nodes and spleen, they then train immune-system T cells to attack and destroy tumors.
Image courtesy of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University
An implantable cancer vaccine shows promise in training the immune system to attack tumors.
Cover of Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds by Paul Farmer and Photograph of Paul Farmer
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The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
Indoor gatherings increase the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
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Seasonality and SARS-CoV-2
Caroline Buckee
Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.
Clockwise from top left: Pardis Sabeti, Dan Barouch, Paul Ridker, David Liu, Xiaowei Zhuang, Marc Lipsitch
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More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored.
