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Harvard crew has a winning season

Harvard crew has a winning season

Introducing Harvard Magazine’s guide to Cambridge, Boston, and beyond

A letter from the editor

Harvard’s 1906 Dolmetsch harpsichord has two keyboards, or “manuals.”

Two classic harpsichords that Harvard owns

Two keyboards, each with a story to tell

by Craig Lambert

Inspired by the bright blue feathers of the cotinga, Harvard researchers are developing structural colors that mimic its hue.

Harvard engineers craft long-lasting structural colors

Inspired by birds’ feathers, engineers craft long-lasting structural colors.

by Katherine Xue

Photographs taken at the Peabody Terrace Children’s Center during the last five decades reveal the timelessness of children’s play and their love of the outdoors.

Harvard daycare center history

Peabody Terrace Children’s Center celebrates a golden anniversary.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Poey as depicted in <i>Popular Science Monthly</i> (1884).

Brief life of Cuban naturalist Felipe Poey, by Lindsay Brownell

Brief life of Cuba’s greatest naturalist: 1799-1891

by Lindsay Brownell

Timothy Barry-Heffernan

Harvard Commencement: Salman Kahn, Mindy Kaling, Michael Bloomberg

Fun during Commencement week: Salman Kahn on the luxe Business School, Mindy Kaling on why law rocks, Michael R. Bloomberg on strong-armed fundraising, and a helmeted Latinist

Que Padre owner Victor Duran (top) serves Mexican and Bolivian specialties: beef <i>saltenas</i> and the &ldquo;Sonora hotdog&rdquo;&mdash;with bacon, beans, and jalape&ntilde;o sauce.

Latin American cuisine in East Boston

A diversity of Latin American food shines in East Boston.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Clockwise from far left: Judith Lasker, Bruce Alberts, Leo Marx, and Keith Christiansen

Harvard honors societal contributions

Graduate school alumni receive highest honors

Drew Faust

President Drew Faust on making Harvard more inclusive and more safe

A letter from President Faust

China&mdash;both a Communist Party state and a consumer society (as in this holiday street scene in Guangzhou)&mdash;is also the setting for a billion-plus citizens&rsquo; pursuit of their own dreams.

Evan Osnos on contemporary China, Age of Ambition, reviewed by Edward Steinfeld

The Chinese people’s individual acts of self-transformation

Illustration by Mark Steele

Headlines from Harvard history, July-August 1914-1994

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine