An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight

A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment. 

by Nina Pasquini

Gilded Nut

A coconut with Bible stories

by Christopher Reed

Echoes of the Central Valley

Chicano writer Manuel Muñoz ’94 mines the “humanizing effect of literature.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Do or Die

Sugata Bose reviews Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India, by Joseph Lelyveld.

by Sugata Bose

Street-level Ballet

In Panama, Anna Pasternak helps at-risk youth through dance.

by Craig Lambert

Honeybee House Hunting

An excerpt from Thomas D. Seeley's new book, Honeybee Democracy

Pride of the Indian College

Geraldine Brooks's new novel stars Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, Harvard's first Native American graduate, A.B. 1665.

by Amelia Atlas

Pleasing Palates

Harvard Square offers plenty of lunch spots.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

New “Anything Goes” with Alumni Roles

The new Broadway production of "Anything Goes" draws on contributions from Harvard graduates.

A Lab for Contemporary Classical Music

Concerts that feature a singing bowl, a wired cactus, strings played with the wooden back of the bow, and more

by Spencer Lee Lenfield