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Alienation Proves Fertile State of Mind for Lauren Groff
Photo by Kristin KozelskyThe Harvard Gazette spoke with fiction writer and Radcliffe fellow Lauren Groff about subversive prose, mothers and children, and crafting a vivid sense of place.
Military, Veterans Study at Harvard
Veterans and active members of the military who are taking part in the Warrior-Scholar Project discuss the Declaration of Independence in Cabot Science Library. Photo by Jon Chase, Harvard Staff PhotographerSchlesinger Library director Jane Kamensky is in her third year of teaching a boot camp seminar for the Warrior-Scholar Project, which aims to ease veterans' transition to college life.
For Marilynne Robinson, Literary Explorer, Gifts of Language Reward Journey
Photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff PhotographerRobinson, who spoke recently with James Wood during a discussion at Radcliffe, answers questions from the Harvard Gazette about her life as novelist, essayist, and teacher.
The Fragile Future of Reform in Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is working to change many faces of his kingdom’s society, but Hala Aldosari RI '18 wonders whether he can keep a grip on power.
Martha Minow Named University Professor
Photo by Madeline R. LearMartha L. Minow RI '18 has been named a University Professor, the highest honor a Harvard faculty member can receive. With the distinction, she joins 25 of Harvard’s most prominent faculty members as University Professors—including former University President Lawrence S. Summers, MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Greenblatt.
"In Our Common Spaces Lie Uncommon Opportunities"
Photo by Ke TangAs her tenure as Harvard’s 28th president ends, Drew Faust leaves a campus more connected than ever. And with the proliferation of so many common spaces, more possibilities for even greater connections.
Gymsuits, Pre-Spandex
Photo by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe InstituteIn our age of athleisure, of clothes that contour and compress, of aspiring to a high-performance life—sweatless and chafe-free—it’s a jarring sight: the workout wear of a Radcliffe student from the turn of the 20th century.
Writing Crime into Race
Photo by Stu Rosner“You should have a record.” That sentence dropped like a hammer inside the meeting room where Radcliffe Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad, then 21 years old, was sitting across the table from a Philadelphia police-union lawyer, answering questions about the day he’d briefly been arrested.
Minow Named University Professor
Photo by Ken RichardsonHuman rights expert Martha Minow RI '18, the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School and a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, has been named a University Professor, Harvard’s highest faculty honor.
Michael Pollan Takes a Trip
Photo by Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Staff PhotographerMichael Pollan RI '16, author, lecturer, and science writer, experimented with psychedelics as part of his new book on the latest research in the field.