Word: aprile
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...April 8, 1999: Longtime Cambridge political fixture and current Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 announced he would retire in January 2000 following a 36-year career on the School Committee and then the City Council. "Term limits have finally reached me," Duehay joked. In his career, Duehay dealt with many of the major problems the city has confronted in the past four decades--including racial unrest and student protest in the 1960s and the housing tumult following the loss of rent control in a statewide referendum in 1994. Duehay said he believes there has been a substantial improvement in town...
...April 20, 1999: Officials of Harvard University and Radcliffe College announced that Radcliffe would be absorbed under the University's umbrella as the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 120 years after it first gave women access to a Harvard education. Officials said the Institute would "sustain a commitment to the study of women, gender and society." Under the proposed agreement, Radcliffe would be placed on an equal administrative footing with the University's nine faculties. Linda S. Wilson, Radcliffe's seventh and final president, announced that she would step down from her post in June. The fate of Radcliffe...
...Milikowsky is both cautious and encouraged by the April 20 announcement of the Harvard-Radcliffe merger. She says she hopes Harvard will finally take responsibility for female students...
...deal hasn't yet been signed, but it seems likely that today will mark the final Commencement at which Radcliffe College will be represented in Tercentenary Theater as a college. In late April, the two schools announced that Radcliffe will relinquish its independence--and college title--and become the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study under the Harvard umbrella. Female undergraduates will no longer be admitted to Radcliffe College and then enrolled at Harvard; all admissions will be directly to Harvard College...
More and more, it seemed clear that Radcliffe was at a crossroads, needing to redefine itself and move forward instead of remaining stuck in an uncertain position. April's announcement has us hopeful that such a move has been made...