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Prestigious Royal Society Award for Nottingham Trent University Scientist

Nottingham Trent University News and Events, February 8, 2013

Radcliffe fellow Carole Perry, a scientist with Nottingham Trent University, received a prestigious Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science.

The Emancipation Proclamation Now

Harvard Gazette, February 4, 2013

The Harvard Gazette asked scholars from across Harvard to reflect on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and how the document resonates today. Hear from President Drew Faust, first Dean of the Radcliffe Institute, and Radcliffe Institute Professor Annette Gordon-Reed. 

Lunch with Tiffany

Harvard Gazette, January 31, 2013
[Photo by Stephanie Mitchell]

Director and former Radcliffe fellow John Tiffany explains his vision for "The Glass Menagerie," which opens this week. Tiffany, who last year won Tony Awards for best musical and director, knows that you can't be rewarded unless you take risks. 

Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard Law School Professor I. Glenn Cohen Codirects Petrie-Flom Center's Project with NFL

Harvard Law School Recent News and Spotlights, January 30, 2013

In a new Harvard and NFL initiative, the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School "will address the ethical, legal and policy issues relevant to the health and health care of current future, and retired players," says codirector and Radcliffe fellow Glenn Cohen. 

Cookbooks Echo With the Wisdom of Chefs Past

The New York Times, January 28, 2013

The New York Times features the notes and marginalia in Julia Child's cookbooks, now housed at the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe. 

A Tale of Two Cities

@ The Radcliffe Institute, January 24, 2013
[Robert Sampson, Nancy Hill, Lizabeth Cohen, and Lydia Diamond. Photo by Sean Costin]

Radcliffe brought together Harvard leaders across many disciplines—a social scientist, an education expert, an urban historian, and a playwright—to speak with an alumni audience about the city as a subject of their work.

A Return to the Radical

Harvard Gazette, January 17, 2013
[Photo by Jessica Scranton]

Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" has joined the canon of great American theater. In a discussion at the Radcliffe Institute led by Dean Cohen, the director John Tiffany RI '11 and Diane Paulus '88 argued that Williams' unconventionality has been watered down over the years.

Director John Tiffany Talks About the Artistic Process

The Boston Globe, January 16, 2013
[Photo by Jessica Scranton]

The Boston Globe features Tony Award-winning director John Tiffany—a onetime Radcliffe Institute fellow who's now directing the ART's "The Glass Menagerie"—after he talked with ART artistic director Diane Paulus about creativity and how they convinced Cherry Jones to star. 

The Best of Beantown

Bon Appetit, January 4, 2013
[Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University]

The Bon Appetit Weekender Guide on the Best of Beantown calls Julia Child fans to, "hie yourselves to Harvard Square. The Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe is home to an amazing collection of her papers and memorabilia" on exhibit through March.

Bon Anniversaire

Harvard Magazine, December 18, 2012
[Photograph by Paul Child/The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University]

The photograph is from the vast Julia Child collection in the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, which includes 5,000 cookbooks donated by her, her book drafts, the voluminous and often funny letters of Julia and Paul, television scripts and production notes handwritten by Paul, some 20,000 photographs, and a gaudy Cordon Bleu medal.

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