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The Book of Clouds

The Boston Phoenix, November 10, 2010

As books turn into data and tweets are archived for posterity, how will readers and academics cope with the detritus of a digital age? The Radcliffe Institute's "Why Books?" conference—a summit on the future of books and their format, storage, retrieval, circulation, transmission, reception and use—addressed this question.

Radcliffe Appoints Director of Communications

Harvard Gazette, November 8, 2010
[Photo by Tony Rinaldo]

Alison Franklin to helm position. A 1990 graduate of Harvard College, she brings to the institute 20 years of experience as a communications professional in government, politics, and the nonprofit sector.

 

Setting the Stage for Roe v. Wade

Harvard Gazette, November 5, 2010
Linda Greenhouse and Reva Seigel, [Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer]

Co-authors of Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court's Ruling chronicle conflicts leading up to landmark decision on abortion during Maurine and Robert Rothschild Lecture at the Radcliffe Institute. 

 

Roe v. Wade Roots Explained

The Harvard Crimson, November 5, 2010

At Radcliffe, former New York Times reporter Linda J. Greenhouse ’68 and Yale Law professor Reva Siegel narrated the story of abortion from the period before the landmark Supreme Court case, granting women the right to an abortion, to the present day.

Reinterpreting Roe v. Wade

Harvard Magazine, November 5, 2010

Authors of Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court's Ruling, anthologize original documents from the early 1960s to 1973, and suggest reconsidering the conventional narrative of the court case and the backlash it created at a recent Radcliffe lecture.

The Wither And Why of Books

Harvard Gazette, November 3, 2010
The whither and why of books article image, credit [Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer]

Radcliffe Institute conference examines the place of venerable, vulnerable print in a rapidly evolving digital future.

What Books Are For

Harvard Magazine, November 3, 2010

"Why Books?" conference discusses the broad future of print media.

Why Books?

Harvard Gazette, October 29, 2010
Why Books article image, credit [Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer]

Radcliffe Institute conference explores the battle of print’s fate in a digital age.

Uniting Against Domestic Violence

Harvard Gazette, October 27, 2010

A conversation in the Schlesinger Library's Radcliffe College Room, titled "Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: It's Everybody's Business," explored the topic of domestic violence, especially against immigrants, on Monday, Oct. 25.

Where Men Have More than One Wife

Harvard Gazette, October 22, 2010
[Photo by Rose Lincoln]

Rose McDermott, researcher, sees connection between polygyny and social violence.

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