Craig Lambert

This special edition of J.K. Rowling’s Commencement address, with wooden case and hand-embossed Braille (below), was crafted by Francie Randolph (left).

Books & Literary Life |

A special edition of J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard speech includes Braille words

Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.

McBean’s favorite model—and muse—was Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), here photographed for a 1951 production of George Bernard Shaw’s <i>Caesar and Cleopatra.</i>

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A new book collects theater photographs by Angus McBean

Fredric Wilson’s book The Theatrical World of Angus McBean collects British midcentury theater images.

For Molière’s <i>The Misanthrope</i> at Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Sprague’s sketch (shown) became a model later built as the play’s set.

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Carl Sprague designs film and theater sets

Carl Sprague ’84 designs sets for local theater companies and Hollywood movies.

A sampler of five, from more than a dozen, pâtés

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Restaurant review: Sofra Bakery and Café, in West Cambridge

Sofra Bakery and Café specializes in small items with an Eastern Mediterranean accent.

Late at night, Harvard Crimson staffers put to bed the last issue before winter break.

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Super-active students are over-scheduled

College students today lead hyper-active, highly scheduled lives.

A badminton rally in progress at the Malkin Athletic Center.

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Badminton is very much alive at Harvard

Chasing a bird that flies indoors at 200 miles per hour

Steven Crist

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Steven Crist publishes the Daily Racing Form

Steven Crist '78 is a newspaperman for the turf tribe.

Daniel Gilbert

Social Sciences |

Pleasure by Proxy: How Other People’s Experiences Help Predict Happiness

Other people’s experience is a more accurate guide than your own imagination to what you will like.

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Weld Boathouse gains Ellen Kennelly sculpture

Ellen Kennelly ’85 has created a new glass sculpture for Weld Boathouse.

Hard-skating brothers Danny, Alex, and Michael Biega (left to right) spray ice chips at Bright Hockey Center.

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Three Biega brothers play ice hockey at Harvard

Alex, Mike, and Danny Biega, a talented trio of brothers, play ice hockey for Harvard.

These views (above and below) of the Xenith football helmet show the disc-shaped shock absorbers that adapt to the magnitude and direction of the hit, adjusting the helmet’s compression accordingly.

Athletics |

New football helmet protects the brain

Vin Ferrara ’95 manufactures the Xenith football helmet to protect players from concussions.

Carl Kassel (left), announcer for National Public Radio’s weekly <em>Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!</em> clowns with its host, Peter Sagal.

Alumni |

The Harvard radio wits of NPR’s “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”

Three Harvard graduates help create the weekly humor of NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!