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Dolores Huerta to Receive Radcliffe Medal
Raising 11 children while wrestling with gender bias, union defeat and victory, Dolores Huerta was an equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez. She will be honored with the Radcliffe Medal in May. Design based on Dolores movie poster, artwork courtesy PBS DistributionDolores Huerta, the civil rights icon who fought to build a nationwide coalition protecting farmworkers, will receive the Radcliffe Medal on May 31.
Dolores Huerta to Receive Radcliffe Medal
Dolores Huerta. Photo courtesy of the Dolores Huerta FoundationThe labor and civil-rights activist who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association (now the United Farm Workers), will receive the Radcliffe Medal and speak to guests at Radcliffe Day on May 31, during Commencement week.
Labor Leader and Rights Advocate Dolores Huerta to Receive Radcliffe Medal
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study awarded this year's Radcliffe Medal to Dolores C. Huerta. Photo: Soumyaa MazumderProminent labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores C. Huerta will receive this year’s Radcliffe Medal, the highest honor given by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Twins in Space
Mark (left) and Scott Kelly participated in the NASA Twins Study, which focused on the strain of spaceflight on the human body. Scott spent a year in space while Mark remained on Earth. Photo by Robert Markowoto/NASABrinda Rana—member of a NASA-sponsored research team examining what happens to astronauts during prolonged space flights—shared how zero gravity affects the body.
Nonviolent Resistance Proves Potent Weapon
The artwork, "Love and Revolution," revolutionary graffiti at Saleh Selim Street on the island of Zamalek, Cairo, was photographed by Hossam el-Hamalawy on Oct. 23, 2011.Radcliffe Professor Erica Chenoweth's research suggests that nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful in creating broad-based change than violent campaigns.
To Tackle Climate Change, Share Burden—and Benefits
Daniel M. Kammen speaking at Radcliffe's Knafel Center. Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff PhotographerEven as climate change reaches new and terrifying levels, hope remains—but the time to act is now, says Daniel M. Kammen.
As Recipe Cards Disappear, Families Scramble to Preserve Cherished Memories
Harvard's Schlesinger Library is digitizing its collection of handwritten cookbooks, including a notebook kept by famed chef Dione Lucas likely during the 1930s. Courtesy of Schlesinger LibraryThe internet is making paper recipes obsolete, but many modern cooks see the cards as tangible mementos of favorite foods and the beloved cooks who made them over and over again.
Alabama Group Reverses Course, Wants to Honor Angela Davis
An Alabama civil rights group that rescinded an award for Angela Davis said it learned from its "mistakes" over the controversial move and asked the Birmingham native to accept the honor after all.
Radcliffe Scholar Tracks Squirrels in Search of Memory Gains
Harvard file photoLucia Jacobs RI '19 is exploring squirrel brains, particularly how the animals cache and retrieve their food and what happens in the memory-associated hippocampus during that process.
Attracted by Authors with Wisdom to Share
Photo by Tony RinaldoMin Jin Lee, best-selling author of the novels Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires, is working on the third installment of her trilogy about Koreans while she is a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute.