Tag: Byerly Hall

  • Nation & World

    Radcliffe exhibit turns touch into sight

    “Calm. Smoke rises vertically” at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery is designed for the blind and hearing-impaired, but gives the sighted a unique experience as well.

    8 minutes
    Artist Wendy Jacob (grey shirt) has created an installation with the blind and hearing impaired in mind. She tours the exhibit with writer, Nina Livingstone, (black dress) who is blind and hearing impaired. The exhibit features vibrating walls and architectural models from schools for the blind and is housed at the Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery in Byerly Hall. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer
  • Nation & World

    Of the bean I sing

    A Radcliffe Fellow is working on an opera about the world’s love affair with coffee and how it grew from the bean that made goats jittery to the potion we all get jittery for.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Deep knowledge

    For their capstone project in the course ES 96: “Engineering Design Seminar,” 16 SEAS students conducted an analysis of the geothermal heating and cooling system that serves Radcliffe’s Byerly Hall.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Byerly Hall greens itself

    Byerly Hall, a handsome slate-roofed building at 8 Garden St., opened in 1932. Its Georgian Revival exterior, exterior clock, and white-trimmed windows complement the stately 19th century ambiance of Radcliffe Yard. But beneath old red brick now beats a 21st century heart, including water and energy systems that meet modern standards for sustainability and efficiency.

    6 minutes