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Winter 2014
Celebrating 15 Years of the Radcliffe Institute, 135 Years of Radcliffe
Radcliffe ff will honor Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard University and founding dean of the Radcliff ffe Institute, with the 2014 Radcliffe ff Medal. President Faust’s keynote address at the Radcliff ffe Day luncheon will follow the morning panel, “From Civil War to Civil Rights: The Unending Battle to Vote.” In the afternoon, we’ll showcase the work of Radcliff ffe College alumnae and Institute fellows. For more information, visit www. radcliffe.harvard.edu. ff
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How brain science might help public policy.
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Public Policy Meets Brain Science by corydon ireland
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Lewis Hyde: Gift-Giver, Trickster, Defender of Forgetting by lloyd schwartz
Forgetting has myriad uses, such as forgiving the past. Excerpts from Hyde’s forthcoming book, A Primer for Forgetting
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Finding Truth in Fiction
From the Dean Around the Institute
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New Books
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Campaign News
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by julia hanna
Newsmakers
Novelist Julie Orringer limns the life of Varian Fry, who saved thousands of artists from the Nazis.
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