Such environmental changes as pollution and climate change affect not only our ecosystem but also our people—those in low-income communities most of all. In this episode, our hosts talk to two recent Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant awardees from different disciplines—healthcare policy and the law—both of whom used the funds to study environmental inequality.
This episode was recorded on November 30, 2023.
Released on April 4, 2024.
Episode Transcript
Guests
Seth Gertz-Billingsley is a Harvard Law School student who was awarded a Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant to study air-conditioning and tenants’ rights.
Sonya Gupta is pursuing a master’s degree in regional studies—Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia—at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and was awarded a Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant to fund her project GeoAdvocates (formerly Mapping Chicago).
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Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant Program
Credits
Ivelisse Estrada is your cohost and the editorial manager at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (HRI), where she edits Radcliffe Magazine.
Alan Catello Grazioso is the executive producer of BornCurious and the senior multimedia manager at HRI.
Jeff Hayash is a freelance sound engineer and recordist.
Marcus Knoke is a multimedia intern at HRI, a Harvard College student, and the general manager of Harvard Radio Broadcasting.
Heather Min is your cohost and the senior manager of digital strategy at HRI.
Anna Soong is the production assistant at HRI.
Special thanks to Cabin 3 Media for their invaluable contributions to the editing of this podcast episode.

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