Radcliffe Quarterly—Spring 2004

All Apologies E. J. Graff Melissa Nobles RI ’04, a Radcliffe Institute fellow and MIT professor, investigates apologies that nations have issued after commiting violence against their own citizens. She contends that discussions about what happened are even more revealing than the actual apologies. Understanding Randomness Davin Wilfrid A “dream team” of six Radcliffe fellows--a computer science research cluster--is addressing the fundamental role of randomness in computation, a hot topic for computer scientists. Departments From the Dean Announcements Faust Featured on PBS Redesigned Web Site Faust on Allston Planning Group Former Fellow Named to Presidential Commission Institute Explorations Ghana Must Go Where Art Meets Science Fellow Update Around the Institute Scholars Discuss Middle East New Professorship to Support Science Faculty Library Acquires Amelia Earhart Letter Lawrence Lessig Criticizes Copyright Law News from the Murray Research Center New Books I Had Brain Surgery, What’s Your Excuse? by Suzy Becker BI '00 Quirky Kids by Perri Klass ‘78, MD ’86, and Eileen Costello Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy ‘94 Once Removed by Mako Yoshikawa BI '00 Dispatches from a Not-so-Perfect Life by Faulkner Fox ‘85 Quick Study Alumnae/i News NEWSmakers

RADCLIFFE QUARTERLY

Editor
Pat Harrison

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Kris O'Reilly

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Editors Emerita
Aida Kabatznick Press '48
Diane Sherlock ‘78

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Associate Dean for Advancement and Planning
Tamara Elliott Rogers '74

Spring 2004

Volume No. 89 / No. 2

The Radcliffe Quarterly (ISSN 0033-7528) is published four times a year by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.

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Cover image: Radcliffe Institute computer science researcher cluster. Photo by Leah Fasten