Congratulations on seeing this project come to life!

This past Monday in the Knafel Center, the geneticist David Reich gave a tour of findings from his decade of studying ancestral DNA. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

TOMORROW at noon ET, as part of #HarvardClimateActionWeek, see newly minted fellow Diana Hernández talk about the intersection of climate change, energy policy, and public health. Online registration is still open! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-d...

A huge welcome to the 2025–2026 class of Radcliffe fellows, whom we had the pleasure of meeting yesterday for the first time—you’re all superstars! 🌟🌟🌟

I’m excited to share that I'll be joining the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as a Fellow for the 2025–2026 academic year. @rad-institute.bsky.social 1/3

In honor and preparation of being the incoming Bunting fellow at the Radcliffe (@rad-institute.bsky.social), I'm reading this biography of Mary ('Polly') I. Bunting. "Society gets the kind of excellence it values" 🔥 My goodness, this woman was a revelation! Book: books.google.com/books/about/...

We’re looking for a senior director of major & leadership gifts to help drive our mission forward! If you or someone you know is passionate about fundraising and making a difference, check out us.smrtr.io/42V6R. Photo by Kevin Grady/Harvard Radcliffe Institute #JobOpportunity #Fundraising #NowHiring

Fellow Claudia Goldin is helping players of pro women's basketball to negotiate a new union contract. www.si.com/wnba/wnba-pl...

What the Nose Knows Climate change is altering the Earth’s smells and how we perceive them. Experts gathered at Radcliffe to explore—and try to remedy—this sensory deficit. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide... @rad-institute.bsky.social

👏 Congratulations to Professor Leigh A. Payne (Professor of Sociology & Latin America #LatinAmericanCentre) who has been selected as a 2025-2026 @rad-institute.bsky.social Lisa Goldberg Fellow! More: www.osga.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

For Juneteenth we're sharing the Black Women Oral History Project Interviews. Supported by The Schlesinger Library @rad-institute.bsky.social, this project recorded women who made significant contributions to American society in the early 20th century. Photos: Judith Sedwick. flic.kr/s/aHsjUYmeH1

So grateful to @rad-institute.bsky.social for supporting our Exploratory Workshop on The Lost Odors of Nature: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Olfactory Experience

Now available! Learn how climate change is changing what we smell, meet two Harvard College students who credit an Institute program with giving them confidence, revisit Radcliffe Day 2025 with Jodie Foster, and get to know the work of several fellows. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-ma...

Shout out to @rad-institute.bsky.social who honored my grandmother Patricia Leghorn ‘46, on the grid! (plus a 1997 photo of both of us with some VERY #NewJersey hair). Radcliffe opened up Granny Pat’s world and I’m honored to follow the path she and many women trod.

✨ I feel deeply honored that Policing Patients received the Herbert Jacob Award from the Law and Society Association. I love being part of this smart, engaged, and generous community of scholars ✨ @lawandsociety.bsky.social @rad-institute.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

Your weekend listen: In a special collab with Grief Is a Sneaky Bitch, the latest episode of BornCurious explores how the Palliative Story Exchange uses storytelling to create connection among palliative caregivers. Click through to listen now! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Congrats to @lizchiarello.bsky.social ‬of WashU for winning LSA’s 2025 Herbert Jacob Book Prize for Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis! @princetonupress.bsky.social ‬ View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025 @rad-institute.bsky.social

Today, our dean awarded the 2025 Fay Prizes, for the most exceptional undergraduate theses. Click through for short videos in which the winners explain their work. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/harvard-radcliffe-institute-awards-2025-fay-prizes-for-outstanding-theses-of-graduating-class

Beyond excited to be in community with these scholars and artists next year (and to finally finish this book manuscript)!

The really real reality has not yet arrived in my mind. What amazing outlook to meet all these phenomenally interesting people with such an incredible breadth and depth of ideas and projects. Soon. Soon? SOON. Gratefulness is an understatement.

So this happened. So looking forward to 2025-2026 @rad-institute.bsky.social!! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Learn about the bold thinkers we'll welcome in the fall! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Congratulations to Jodie Foster, our latest Radcliffe medalist! Here, the medal citation.

Tomorrow, May 9, is our big day: Radcliffe Day 2025! Here, a peek at what goes into getting Radcliffe Yard ready.

Public history and Arts video series: Patrice Green @readingrenae.bsky.social from @rad-institute.bsky.social tells us about the exhibition “Rhyme, Rhythm and Resistance” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vqq... #PublicHistory #Arts @ncph.bsky.social

In these last few days of National Poetry Month, why not celebrate with this podcast episode featuring the poet Gabeba Baderoon, whose work often examines the complexities of love? www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

We congratulate the writer and fellow Claire Luchette for their 2025 Whiting Award! The selection committee praised Luchette’s debut novel, Agatha of Little Neon, as being both “tender, unassuming, wise” and “laugh-out-loud funny.” www.whiting.org/awards/winne...

Today, @guggfellows.bsky.social announced its centennial class of fellows—and we spied some familiar names among the 198 recipients! www.gf.org/stories/anno...

HAPPENING NOW: Artificial intelligence is trained on biased historical data—so how can we address gender inequities in AI before they're replicated? Join experts as they navigate this question and others at today's conference. Follow along online! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g...

I am so excited to share the stage with @ruchowdh.bsky.social & Megan Smith 11 April at 11.20 am ET @rad-institute.bsky.social event "Gender and AI: Promise and Perils" www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g... - cannot wait! @oii.ox.ac.uk @ajlunited.bsky.social @ainowinstitute.bsky.social

A chance encounter with an engineering journal changed the life trajectory of Diana Dabby, who was then working as a concert pianist. In this episode, she talks about her career and approach to various projects. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Listen: 🎧 Diana Dabby, concert pianist, composer, patent holder, and professor of #electricalengineering and #music, as well as music program director at #OlinCollege, is featured in @rad-institute.bsky.social’s latest BornCurious podcast episode.💡🎵 www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Weekend listen: AI outputs can shape the perceptions of millions, meaning even small gender biases in their content can amplify real world inequalities. In this and the related podcast episode, listen to a woman in the field talk about bucking gender norms. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

TODAY at noon ET, listen in as the artist Santiago Mostyn shares his artistic process as he creates a work reimagining the Grenada Revolution. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-s...

In celebration of the Harvard women’s basketball matchup against Michigan State tomorrow in the NCAA Tournament, we present generations of their foremothers from the Radcliffe College Archives. 🍀 🍀 🍀 Good luck, Crimson! 🍀 🍀 🍀

Today, in celebration of Pi Day, why not revisit this BornCurious episode with the Harvard mathematician Laura DeMarco? www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Attend in person or tune in virtually at 2 PM to consider how women's health outcomes can be improved!

Research biases have left women with inadequate medical care. Can they be overcome? On 3/11, the scientists Victoria Brown, Tara Castellano, Laramie E. Duncan, and Étienne Holder share what they’re doing. Register now for in person or online! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-n...

We held a beautiful #User-centered design workshop w/ artists, funders, practitioners, & researchers. Our goal was to reimagine #PublicHealth knowledge generation & utilization w/ #SocialJustice at the center. This image shares our vision. Thanks to @rad-institute.bsky.social for supporting us!

Emily Russell, 5 March 1862, by #FrancescaAlexander (American-born, 1837-1917). Created #otd 163 years ago; held by @rad-institute.bsky.social. Reproduced in "The Art & Life of Francesca Alexander," by Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, pub'd last week by @lhartbooks.bsky.social #womenartists #artherstory

What can fiction reveal about real-life family, gender, and race relations in America? TODAY at 4 PM, the celebrated novelist @pronounced-ing.bsky.social will explore themes of cultural identity with the historian Erica Lee. Learn more and watch online! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-c...

What a series of petroleum-based plastics have to say about ancestral stories and global events? TODAY at 4 PM, the artist Alia Farid will answer this question and introduce her newly commissioned artwork using these materials. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-a...

Today is Mardi Gras. In this episode of BornCurious, learn with @kimvazdeville.bsky.social about some New Orleans Carnival traditions. Laissez les bons temps rouler! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Yet another Radcliffe Wave discovery! An international team led by @univie.ac.at found that our solar system traveled through the structure millions of years ago—a time that aligns with the Middle Miocene Climate Transition, although more study is needed. medienportal.univie.ac.at/en/media/rec...

Big Freedia, the Queen of Bounce, gives “Mother Ru” her flowers for her visibility—and all it has done to promote self-love and acceptance—during her recent conversation here at Radcliffe.

Why did the unraveling of neoliberalism empower the authoritarian right? TODAY at 4 PM, the Cambridge history professor Gary Gerstle will explore the question, tracing doubts about liberal democratic regimes’ ability to fix our problems. Join us! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g...

New Orleans is currently enjoying Carnival—which culminates in Mardi Gras on March 4. Why not immerse yourself in the cultural practices of some of its celebrants with this brand-new episode of BornCurious, featuring @kimvazdeville.bsky.social? www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

In case you missed it last week, the video of my conversation with Big Freedia, moderated by Loren Kajikawa, hosted by @rad-institute.bsky.social is now available: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-c...

Was such a joy to chat about creativity, process, and how to make things with my old friend @itaiyanai.bsky.social and former co-fellow at @rad-institute.bsky.social. Always amazed how insight and creative work look similar across disciplines....❤️