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New Faculty: Shawon Kinew
Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff PhotographerItalian 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.
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.
Undergrad and Radcliffe Fellow Bond Over Bones
Photo by Kevin GradyA Radcliffe Research Partnership brings together a biomedical engineer developing a 3-D-printed bone substitute and a Harvard student, a potential benficiary of the technology.
These Vintage Photos of Julia Child in the Kitchen Will Inspire You to Cook
Julia Child. Credit: Paul Child, courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard UniversityAfter her training in France, Julia Child introduced French cooking to America through her cookbook and television show. View a series of photos in honor of her birthday, which falls on August 15.
Who Wants to Be a Bust in the Hall of Fame?
Jennifer Finney Boylan. Photo by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe InstituteWriter and activist Jennifer Finney Boylan ruminates on celebrity and mortality on the occasion of preparing the donation of her work to the Radcliffe Institute's Schlesinger Library.
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.
A Jordanian Biologist Redefines Success for Women in Science
Photo courtesy of Rana DajaniNature reviews Five Scarves: Doing the Impossible—If We Can Reverse Cell Fate, Why Can’t We Redefine Success for Women? by Rana Dajani RI '18.
Min Jin Lee: "History Has Failed Almost Everybody Who Is Ordinary"
Min Jin Lee is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. Photograph: PRMin Jin Lee RI '19, whose writings wrestle with race, class, diaspora, religion, and love, is one of the 200 honorees whose modern-day work best embodies Frederick Douglass’s legacy of social change.
In First, Four Harvard Schools to be Led by Black Women
Tomiko Brown-Nagin. Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff PhotographerCome August 15, 2018, for the first time in Harvard’s history, four of the University’s schools will be led by African American women.
Claudine Gay Named FAS Dean
Courtesy of Harvard GazetteGay RI '14—whose research and teaching focus on American political behavior, public opinion, and minority politics—will become the next Edgerley Family Dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.