Radcliffe Quarterly—Winter 2007

Science at Radcliffe: Drawing People Together Jillian Lokere Scientists from around the world are drawn to the Radcliffe Institute, where they share their work with scholars in other fields and with colleagues in Harvard’s science departments. At the Intersection of Science and Art A Conversation with Radcliffe Dean of Science Barbara J. Grosz Dean Grosz reflects on the goals and achievements of Radcliffe’s science program. Women in Surgery: Changing the Landscape Courtney Humphries Five prominent women surgeons talk about their careers and the challenges they’ve faced. Frontiers of Tissue Engineering Madeline Drexler Custom-made coronary arteries may someday be available for humans and have already successfully been implanted in pigs and dogs. Read about this and other advances that scientists reported at a Radcliffe conference held in November. Departments From the Dean Announcements Renowned Physicist Lisa Randall Speaks to Major Donors Space Plan Update Schlesinger Library to Hold Summer Seminar on Gender History Installation Artist Schuleit Wins MacArthur Fellowship Women, Men, and Food: Putting Gender on the Table, April 12–13, 2007 Institute Explorations Questioning the Benefits of Milk An Anthropologist Investigates the Traffic in Human Organs Around the Institute News from the Schlesinger Library Science Lecture Series Dean's Lecture Series New Books The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud RI ’05 The Other Insect Societies by James T. Costa RI ’05 Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story by Rachel Kadish BI ’95 Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away by June Cross ’75 The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma by Annie G. Rogers RI ’01 Zeppo’s First Wife: New and Selected Poems by Gail Mazur BI ’97 Quick Study Alumnae/i News Names & Faces NEWSmakers

RADCLIFFE QUARTERLY

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Winter 2007

Volume No. 92/No. 1

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