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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · 2d

Learn more about the keynote speaker's best-selling book. www.harpercollins.com/products/all...

Finalist for the 2025 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award USA Today Bestseller “All in Her Head accomplishes a remarkable feat of storytelling. B...

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · 2d

At 1 PM ET, join us for the "Diagnosing the Divide: Innovations in Women’s Health" webinar! Panels will discuss X-linked cancers and health through life stages, and the physician Elizabeth Comen, author of All in Her Head," will close with a keynote.

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Diagnosing the Divide: Innovations in Women’s Health | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

We will explore cutting-edge research and clinical medicine that support women’s health, with discussion of X-linked cancers, factors that differentially affect the course of women’s lives, and the hi...

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · 7d

Precision medicine, environmental epidemiology—what do innovations in these areas mean for women's health? This symposium on Monday, 10/6, will explore. Register to watch online! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-d...

Diagnosing the Divide: Innovations in Women’s Health | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

We will explore cutting-edge research and clinical medicine that support women’s health, with discussion of X-linked cancers, factors that differentially affect the course of women’s lives, and the hi...

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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 8d

This is like a dream where you can do everything: science, humanities, art, .. I plan to play Philip Glass' Metamorphosis by the end of October, without notes.

I may also plan to chain myself to this building by the end of the fellowship @rad-institute.bsky.social Ahem.

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · 8d

Meet some of this year's fellows.

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From Chimpanzee Novels to Crowdsourced Astronomy: How the Radcliffe Institute’s 51 New Fellows Study the World | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study welcomed its 26th cohort of fellows, who will undertake interdisciplinary research projects ranging from investigating the importance of human connecti...

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations on seeing this project come to life!

Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 15d

Today is publication day!

EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · 18d

This past Monday in the Knafel Center, the geneticist David Reich gave a tour of findings from his decade of studying ancestral DNA.

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Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · 21d

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...

In the Heat of This Moment: The People's Struggle for Climate Justice, Health, and Power at Home | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Drawing on insights from her new book Powerless: The People’s Struggle for Energy, Diana Hernández will reveal how everyday households are navigating the compounding pressures of rising energy costs, ...

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · Sep 5

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! 🌟🌟🌟

A photographer, shielded by an umbrella, climbs on a ladder to take a photo of a group of 50 people assembled on the front steps of a white-columned building as a videographer captures the scene.

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Anat Perry @anatperry.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · Aug 12

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"
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My goodness, this woman was a revelation!
Book: books.google.com/books/about/...

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

In Search of Equity, WNBA Players Have a Nobel Laureate on Their Side

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin, who focuses on the role of women in the American economy, has been advising the WNBPA in its CBA negotiations.

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Harvard Brain Science Initiative @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social · Jul 9

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.

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What the Nose Knows | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

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.

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Oxford School of Global and Area Studies @osgaoxford.bsky.social · Jun 26

👏 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...

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Flickr Foundation @flickrfdn.bsky.social · Jun 19

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.

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Etta Moten Barnett, actress, concert artist, and radio personality, smiling and leaning against and open iron gate in front of a stone building.

Transcript: Project Spotlight. Black Women Oral History Project, 1976-1981 on Flickr Commons

Mother Waddles, ordained minister, pastor, and published author, smiling mid-dance below a sign for Mother Waddles Medical Center.

Pleasant Harrison, accomplished artisan and caregiver, sitting in a home environment, looking into the distance with hands folded on a blue and white patterned table.

A group of portraits including Alice Dunnigan, schoolteacher, political activist, and journalist and Zelma Watson George, sociologist, diplomat, and opera singer Kathleen Adams, teacher and historian. Transcript: Black Women Oral History Project, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in American, see the full gallery on Flickr Commons in the link.

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · Jun 18

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.

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Radcliffe Magazine Spring 2025 | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Radcliffe Magazine Spring 2025

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · Jun 18

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...

Radcliffe Magazine Spring 2025 | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Radcliffe Magazine Spring 2025

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Rev Laura Everett @reveverett.com · Jun 8

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.

An image of Radcliffe’s instagram grid, including a picture of Patricia Leghorn Everett on her 99th birthday.

Baby Laura with gigantic red 90s jersey hair with her grandmother who is also looking superfly. In a instagram post from Radcliffe.

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Liz Chiarello @lizchiarello.bsky.social · May 26

✨ 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

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · May 23

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!

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Episode 408: Storytelling and Grief in Palliative Care | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · May 23

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
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View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025
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Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · May 22

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.

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute Awards 2025 Fay Prizes for Outstanding Theses of Graduating Class | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

This year’s theses include a historical narrative on how the 1980s farm crisis influenced the US Far Right movement, a solution to a mysterious glitch in artificial intelligence, and an original work ...

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Monica C. Bell @monicacbell.bsky.social · May 16

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

Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · May 15

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

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025–2026 Fellows | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · May 15

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.

Harvard Radcliffe Institute @rad-institute.bsky.social · May 15

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

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025–2026 Fellows | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

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