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Tag: Tomiko Brown-Nagin
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Nation & World
Facing the denial of American racism
Radcliffe Institute panel explores the social roots of the denial of racism in America, and ways to raise awareness.
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A look at Radcliffe past and present
Radcliffe Day included a discussion between current dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Tomiko Brown-Nagin and former dean Drew Faust, who addressed the history and future of the institute.
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In prisons, a looming coronavirus crisis
Experts from across the University are calling for state officials to limit the number of people in jails and prisons in an effort to stop the virus’ spread.
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Melinda Gates to receive Radcliffe Medal
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the world’s largest philanthropic organization, will be presented the Radcliffe Medal on May 29.
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A renewed focus on slavery
On Thursday, Harvard’s President Larry Bacow announced the creation of Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery, an interdisciplinary initiative that will build on the University’s earlier undertakings. Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin will lead the new effort.
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Brown-Nagin on her own path and Radcliffe’s
Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin reflects on her first year in the job and looks forward to Radcliffe Engaged, her new initiative to connect with Harvard and the community beyond.
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Writing Black lives
“Writing Black Lives,” a Radcliffe talk by three biographers that explored how the lives and work of three influential Americans — federal judge and activist Constance Baker Motley, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and author James Baldwin — helped shape and are still shaping conversations around black politics, community, identity, and life.
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Food and justice with a side of nostalgia
Food and justice were on the menu at Radcliffe’s Marketplace of Ideas, as were intimate memories of family, friendship, love, and loss.
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Dolores Huerta receives Radcliffe Medal
Dolores Huerta, labor organizer and civil rights activist who has devoted her life to lifting up others, was awarded Radcliffe’s highest honor Friday.
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Places we love
Harvard students, professors, alumni, and staff talk about the places on campus they love most.
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Four deans, and their journeys
Four Harvard deans discuss their role models and their work as top administrators.
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‘The work of culture alters our perceptions’
The two-day “Vision & Justice” conference at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study brought together a wide range of scholars and artists for performances and discussions considering the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.
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Picturing vision and justice
A meeting of experts and scholars from Harvard and beyond organized by assistant professor Sarah Lewis will “consider the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.”
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Dolores Huerta to receive Radcliffe Medal
Dolores Huerta, the civil rights icon who fought to build a nationwide coalition protecting farm workers, will receive the Radcliffe Medal on May 31. A webcast will be available during the event.
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Court to receive motions in admissions lawsuit
Harvard, plaintiff on Friday will present their competing positions in an admissions lawsuit against the College.
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The Civil Rights lawyer who paved the path
On the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the Gazette sat down with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, the faculty director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, to talk about Houston, architect of the legal campaign that led to the 1954 landmark Supreme Court ruling that ended legal segregation in public schools.
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Brown-Nagin named Radcliffe dean
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a leading historian on law and society as well as an authority on constitutional and education law and policy, has been named dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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Office hours: 6 realities
The Gazette asked six Harvard professors for their thoughts on why few students attend office hours, ways to improve attendance, and what students are missing when they skip office hours.
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Opening the gates, closing the education gap
In Washington, D.C., gathering, Faust and faculty discuss closing the education gap through equity.
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Honoring Charles Ogletree
Harvard Law School held a symposium to honor Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.
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Thurgood Marshall: The soundtrack of their lives
Five former law clerks of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall took part in a panel discussion at Harvard Law School about his life and legacy.
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The Supreme Court, redux
Scholars from Harvard Law School reviewed some of the critical decisions the U.S. Supreme Court handed down in its spring rulings.
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The dream, 50 years later
Thousands will join President Obama at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and celebrate a powerful moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The commemoration stirs not only potent memories of that day, but for some with Harvard ties, mixed emotions about the march’s lasting legacy.
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Affirmative action policies remain
The U.S. Supreme Court returned the question of affirmative action in college admissions to the lower courts for reconsideration.
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An issue that’s bigger in Texas
During an Askwith Forum discussion on college affirmative action, highlighted by the pending Supreme Court case of Fisher v. University of Texas, the speakers said that any decision should include as its backdrop a sense of that Southern state’s history.
