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Looking at the Cosmos through a Feminine Lens
A quilt from the Shape/View series: 2015-2017, all works hand-stitched cotton View III 43x57 in. Courtesy of the artist and Elizabeth Leach GalleryThe craftsmanship throughout the exhibition Measure is careful and meticulous, but the artist Anna Von Mertens says she hesitates when she hears the word “patient.”
Mourning Devah Pager
Photo courtesy of Harvard Public Affairs and CommunicationsThe prize-winning Harvard sociologist and past Radcliffe Professor was a scholar, friend, and mentor of "warmth, optimism, curiosity, and inspiration.”
Is Anybody Out There?
Earth's night lights seen from the International Space Station. Photo courtesy of NASASETI astronomer Jill Tarter—who was among the speakers at this year’s Radcliffe science symposium, “The Undiscovered”—on the search for intelligent life.
Shaina Taub Shares Suffragists in Song
Shaina Taub sings as militant suffragist Alice Paul. Photo by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe InstituteAs part of a celebration for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Schlesinger Library, Taub and eight other singers performed a dozen songs from her musical-in-progress about the American Suffragist movement.
Stories That Haunt Them
Photo illustration by Judy Blomquist and Kai-Jae Wang/Harvard StaffAhead of Halloween, Min Jin Lee RI '19, Maria Tatar RI '07, and other Harvard campus readers recall stories that left them spooked (and why).
An Exciting Chapter for Min Jin Lee
Photo by Tony RinaldoBest-selling author and National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee is a 2018–2019 Radcliffe fellow at Harvard.
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.
Uncovering the Economics of Foot-Binding
Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff PhotographerFoot-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.
Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out
Reginald Dwayne Betts while he was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute in 2011-2012. Photo by Jessica ScrantonReginald 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."
Africa Journalist Quist-Arcton Talks Career, Female Empowerment at Radcliffe Institute
National Public Radio's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton delivers the 2018-2019 Rama S. Mehta Lecture. Photo: Amanda Y. SuOfeibea Quist-Arcton’s talk—“(Why) Reporting the Voices of African Women and Girls Matters”—was the Institute’s annual Rama S. Mehta Lecture, a series highlighting issues faced by women in developing countries.