Photo courtesy of Harvard Public Affairs and CommunicationsMourning Devah Pager
The prize-winning Harvard sociologist and past Radcliffe Professor was a scholar, friend, and mentor of "warmth, optimism, curiosity, and inspiration.”
Photo illustration by Judy Blomquist and Kai-Jae Wang/Harvard StaffStories That Haunt Them
Ahead of Halloween, Min Jin Lee RI '19, Maria Tatar RI '07, and other Harvard campus readers recall stories that left them spooked (and why).
NPR reporter Ofeibea Quist-Arcton (right), with Marco Werman from PRI's "The World," delivered the Rama S. Mehta Lecture at Radcliffe. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff PhotographerStraight to the Heart of the Story
NPR’s Ofeibea Quist-Arcton speaks at Radcliffe on seeking the untold narratives of African women.
Photo by Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff PhotographerNew Faculty: Lauren Williams
Williams is the second woman to be tenured in Harvard’s Math Department and the Seaver Professor at the Radcliffe Institute.
Photo by Tony RinaldoAn Exciting Chapter for Min Jin Lee
Best-selling author and National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee is a 2018–2019 Radcliffe fellow at Harvard.
Reginald Dwayne Betts while he was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute in 2011-2012. Photo by Jessica ScrantonCould an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out
Reginald Dwayne Betts RI '12 writes: "After serving time for a crime I committed at 16, I discovered how hard it is for a felon to get a second chance."
Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff PhotographerUncovering the Economics of Foot-Binding
Foot-binding ended 100 years ago and people have long assumed that its demise was due to reform-minded efforts. But a study by Harvard's Melissa Brown RI '12 raises questions about that assumption.
Radcliffe Institute at Harvard to Host a Public Symposium Exploring "The Undiscovered" and How to Transform the Way Science Is Taught
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University announces its science symposium—“The Undiscovered”—to be held on October 26, 2018.
Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff PhotographerThe Serious Business of Comics
The world is full of visual stimuli. And the way we experience them isn’t just the stuff of comic book art, but the essence of life itself, according to Scott McCloud.
Catching Up to Pauli Murray
Drew Gilpin Faust writes about the reissue of Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage more than thirty years after it was first published.
Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff PhotographerBehind an Eerie Sound, Science, Espionage, and Dashed Dreams
Composer, musicologist, and theremin player Dorit Chrysler set history to sound, without the slightest touch, in a presentation with physicist John Huth.
EJ Hill during his performance "Excellentia, Mollitia, Victoria" -- held at the Hammer Museum during the "Made in L.A." biennial. (Brian Forrest / Hammer Museum)EJ Hill Stood on a Podium at the Hammer for 78 Days in a Work about Race, Art, and Winning
"It’s hard being black, brown, and queer. It’s hard to be alive in spaces that are designed to kill you. But there I am, still standing."
Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff PhotographerNew Faculty: Shawon Kinew
Italian Renaissance and Baroque scholar Shawon Kinew—a Shutzer Assistant Professor at Radcliffe—talks to the Harvard Gazette about maintaining deep connections to the landscapes of her youth.
The soft robotic arm has interchangeable modular units that allow it to flex and rotate in response to the hand movements of a human operator wearing a glove equipped with wireless soft sensors. Credit: David Gruber/Baruch College, CUNYSoft Robotic Arm Acts as Extension of Human Hand
New device gives deep-sea researchers better dexterity for embracing delicate sea life.
Photo credit: GGAADDSchlesinger Library Awarded Grant to Create Comprehensive Digital Media Archive of #metoo
Funding from Harvard Library's S.T. Lee Innovation Grant will support a large-scale project to document the #metoo movement.
Radcliffe Institute Panelists Discuss Contemporary Feminism
“Feminisms Now!” featured a panel of five millennial feminist activists, artists, and writers who discussed the "intersectional" nature of 21st century feminism.
Protecting the Rights of Immigrants and Refugees
Stephanie DeGooyer RI '19 speaks with PBS's The Open Mind about the legacy of Hannah Arendt’s ideas in our age of mass deportations, Muslim bans, refugee crises, and extra-state war.