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Too Many Passwords? NIST Exploring Identity Standards

Washington Business Journal; Phoenix Business Journal, April 22, 2011

White House unveils strategy for online 'identity ecosystem.' The question is whether the private sector will make sure consumer privacy continues to be protected. Since technology will continue to evolve, the government will have to stay involved with the industry-led credentialing process, said Susan Landau, a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.

Climate Change for The Long Haul

Harvard Gazette, April 19, 2011
[Photo by Brooks Canaday]

As governments around the world debate steps to slow emissions of greenhouse gases that cause climate change, scientists like Susan Solomon are peering into the future and reaching an uncomfortable conclusion. Solomon was among several speakers at Radcliffe for the Institute's annual science symposium. 

Public Climate Change Symposium Today in Cambridge

Boston Globe, April 15, 2011

Something in the Air: Climate Change, Science and Policy Symposium will be held today in the Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge. Members of the public are welome. 

Grosz Leaving Radcliffe Deanship

Harvard Gazette, April 14, 2011
[Photo by Asia Kepka]

Dean Barbara J. Grosz of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announced today (April 14) that she will step down at the end of this academic year.  

Q&A: Susan Landau on Wiretapping and Data Mining

FierceGovernmentIT, April 13, 2011

Fellow Susan Landau discusses wiretapping, unintended consequences, connecting the dots, and the role of surveillance in society.

The Human Side of Shariah

Harvard Gazette, April 8, 2011
[Photo by Jon Chase]

Fellow and scholar Hauwa Ibrahim works with the powerless in West Africa to navigatie Shariah, Islam's traditional law.

 

Theater's New Frontiers

Harvard Gazette, March 24, 2011
[Image by Stephanie Mitchell]

Radcliffe fellow and theater director John Tiffany explores the ways people communicate, complete with tics.

Patterns Found in Lab Spark Insight into Nature And Society

BrandeisNOW, March 24, 2011

Professor Irving Epstein has spent four decades studying patterns from chemistry and mathematics to animal fur and social systems.

 

Q&A: Ela Bhatt on SEWA, Harvard Award

Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2011

The Wall Street Journal interviews Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association and 2011 Radcliffe Institute Medal Recipient.

Race in America, Made Personal

Harvard Gazette, March 16, 2011
[Photo by Kris Snibbe]

During a talk at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Annette Gordon-Reed unravels the complex Jefferson-Hemings family ties.

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