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Radcliffe Past and Present
Byerly Hall detail. Photo by Thomas EarleAt Radcliffe Day 2020, current and former deans discuss the Institute’s past and future.
Filling Gaps in Our Understanding of How Cities Began to Rise
A wall painting from the Arslantepe archaeological site in Eastern Anatolia (present-day Turkey) around 3,400 BC. Image courtesy of Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean and Missione Archeologica Italiana nell'Anatolia Orientale, Sapienza University of Rome. Photo by Roberto CeccaciChristina Warinner and an international team provide some of the earliest genetic glimpses of the movement and mingling of peoples in West Asia 8,500 years ago.
An Economic Emergency
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the COVID-19 era. Photo credit RyanKing999“A substantial share of those currently on temporary layoff are likely to become permanent job losers. We need to plan for this,” says Harvard economist Lawrence F. Katz.
Eclipsed by Virus, Addiction Still Shadows the Land
A single N95 face mask along with several prescription painkillers. Image credit skhoward"COVID-19 detrimentally impacts people with addiction and people in pain, making vulnerable people even more vulnerable," says sociologist Liz Chiarello.
Before the Feminist Revolution, This "Messy Experiment" Nurtured Female Talent
Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin were friends and early fellows at the Radcliffe Institute, which supported ambitious creative women at a time when few institutions did.
New Book "The Equivalents" Follows Emergence Of Second Wave Feminism From Radcliffe Institute
Maggie Doherty’s new book explores the significance of the institute’s mission and how it prefigured the women’s liberation movement that would become a defining hallmark of the 1960s.
Tracing an Institute of One’s Own in "The Equivalents"
The poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin were already best friends when they applied for fellowships in the inaugural year of the Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study.
Health of Democracy Faces Daunting Test
Voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots in the presidential primary election in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 7, 2020. Image source: AP Photo/Morry Gash FileHistorian Liette Gidlow RI '20 speaks on the tension between in-person voting and public health as American states scramble to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ideas for Flattening the Hunger Curve
A sign at a retailer tells customers they accept SNAP. Image source: jetcityimage“There is no question that COVID-19 will drive food insecurity into the mainstream,” says Harvard public health policy researcher Sara Bleich.
Birth of a Sleuth
For four years, Jordan Villegas '20 participated in the Radcliffe Research Program. He is pictured here at his parents' home in Cicero, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Jordan VillegasHarvard College senior Jordan Villegas hears the call of the archives as a Radcliffe Institute researcher.