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More than 100 Radcliffe College alumnae signed onto letters protesting a decision by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study to adopt the vernacular name Harvard Radcliffe Institute earlier this year.
The Institute announced the name change on Jan. 28, but several alumnae expressed concern after seeing it referred to as the Harvard Radcliffe Institute in a mailing in advance of Radcliffe Day later this month, after which multiple classes, including the classes of 1968 and 1971, sent letters to Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin.
In a letter from the class of 1968, nearly 80 alumnae spoke out against the name change.
âRecent mailings from Harvard University have referred to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as the âHarvard Radcliffe Institute,ââ the letter read. âThe undersigned Radcliffe alumnae . are writing to deplore this in the strongest terms.â
April 28th, 2021, 12:00PM / BY Marianne Graff
Darkfeather Ancheta, Eckos Chartraw-Ancheta, and Bibiana Ancheta, Tulalip, Washington. Darkfeather, is pictured with her sister Bibiana and nephew Eckos at the edge of Tulalip Bay. They are wearing traditional regalia prepared for their annual Canoe Journey. Every year, upwards of 100 U.S. tribes, Canadian First Nations and New Zealand canoe families will make “The Journey” by pulling their canoes to a host destination Tribe. Canoe families pull for weeks, and upon landing participate in several days and nights of “protocol”, a celebration sharing traditional knowledge, ancestral songs, and sacred dances. Photo by Matika Wilbur for Project 562. Courtesy of the Artist.
In Nubian Square, Black Bostonians Exhale After Chauvin Verdict, But Fear Unjust Police Killings Will Happen Again
Roxbury resident Benny Turner said the Chauvin verdict made April 20 anything but just another day in Nubian Square.
Phillip Martin, GBH News
The guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was greeted with relief and a bit of surprise by some in Roxbury, one of Boston’s largest Black communities.
On the surface it was just another day in Nubian Square. Commuters lined up at buses, several men were selling loose cigarettes to make ends meet, and a group of half masked men congregated on a corner talking about a day they thought they would never see a white policeman convicted of murdering an unarmed Black man. For Benny Turner, the Chauvin verdict made April 20, 2021 anything but just another day.
Jericho Brown and Danez Smith in Conversation with Tracy K. Smith
Join 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith, as she discusses poetry, survival and our pandemic reality with renowned poets Jericho Brown and Danez Smith.
This highlighted Wintersession event will feature poetry readings by Jericho Brown, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in poetry; and award-winning poet, performer, and current Princeton Arts Fellow Danez Smith. Professor Smith will moderate a conversation on art, America, and the feelings and determinations arising from this complicated moment. An interactive audience Q&A will conclude the evening.
Tracy K. Smith is Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts, and the author of four award-winning poetry collections, including Life on Mars, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. She served two terms as U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.