Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Magazine
Jonathan Shaw is Managing Editor.

Right Now | May-June 2020

Frontiers

Activity tracking to identify the at-risk elderly, and China’s offshore windfarm potential 

Faculty & Research |

Toward a Pharmacology of Resolution

An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.

University News |

Teaching Academic Honesty in CS50

In a paper aimed at fellow educators, David Malan reports on interventions designed to teach academic honesty in the wildly popular introductory computer science course he teaches at Harvard. 

Photograph of Marc Lipsitch in his lab

University News |

An Epidemiologist’s Call to Action

Epidemiologist Marc Lipstich outlines what the country must do swiftly, and what strategically.

Harvard Medical School Quad

University News |

Harvard and Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health Team to Fight SARS-CoV-2

As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.

Illustration of human torso with affected organs highlighted

Right Now | March-April 2020

Short-term increases in air pollution linked to several new diseases

Researchers studying 95 million Medicare records find new fine-particle impacts in the blood, gut, skin, kidneys, and other organs.

Harvard shield with the Latin word "veritas" meaning truth.

University News |

Harvard Professor Accused of Misleading Government Investigators

Friedman University Professor charged with lying about research ties to China

Native Americans cultivating a field

University News |

Human impact on New England ecology was minimal before Europeans arrived

Before Europeans arrived in New England, local ecology was driven by climate shifts, not by human interventions.

A conceptual rendering of a portion of the Enterprise Research Campus

University News |

Harvard Allston Commercial Developer Chosen

The Allston Land Company designates Tishman Speyer to develop the “enterprise research campus” on Western Avenue, with detailed plans yet to come. 

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.

Faculty & Research |

Toward a biomanufacturing future

Neel Joshi harnesses bacteria to build products sustainably.

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.

Faculty & Research |

Building a Better Microscope

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

Illustration of elderly Chinese participating in activities at a senior center

Right Now | January-February 2020

Demographic distortions will require eldercare solutions

Can technology coupled with cultural understanding improve the health and wellness of the elderly?