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Why don’t we remember the activists who won voting rights for women? Shaina Taub hopes her musical ‘Suffs’ fixes that. - The Boston Globe The Tony-winning play comes to the Emerson Colonial Theater March 17

Before Shaina Taub and her musical Suffs made their way to Broadway, they had a consequential stop in Radcliffe Yard. Now the Tony Award–winning production is on tour. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/03/m...

Radcliffe Emerging Leaders Summer Academy | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University The Radcliffe Emerging Leaders Summer Academy is a two-week immersive experience. Learning from those on the forefront of social change—both historically and today—promising high school students will ...

On July 13–24, the intensive two-week Emerging Leaders Summer Academy will engage high schoolers in a program designed to build confidence and leadership skills. Learn more about and apply to Emerging Leaders Summer Academy! www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

Three teenaged girls of varying races smile as they collaborate at a work table filled with papers.

Since 2020, our Emerging Leaders Program has partnered Harvard undergrads with students from local high schools to provide mentorship and an education in how to change communities for the better.

This summer, our program will be available for the first time to those outside of our partner schools.

On Loving the World: Revisiting the Scientific Image with Arendt and Haraway

My upcoming talk at The Center for Philosophy of Science & the Department of Anthropology at Boston University, this coming Thursday, March 5th, 4-5.30 pm.
(First Chapter of my new book project @rad-institute.bsky.social)

YouTube video by Harvard Radcliffe Institute Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA as a Window into Human History and Biology | David Reich

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA as a Window into Human History and Biology | David Reich @rad-institute.bsky.social youtu.be/ra6sKKDvA3M?...

Sterling A. Brown: A Beacon for These Times | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor Imani Perry will present this year's Julia S. Phelps Annual Lecture in the Arts and Humanities.

See her discuss her work in progress this Thursday, 2/26—register for in person or online!
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2026-i...

Recognized for using her writing to “foster community and conversation,”the Radcliffe fellow and Harvard prof Imani Perry is on The Closers 2026—a list of 18 extraordinary Black leaders working toward greater equality.
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Pistachio and I ran to @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social today to get a copy of @ninamcconigley.bsky.social’s hot new book How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder. Love seeing my fellow @rad-institute.bsky.social Fellow killing it out there!! (pun intended) 😁🙌✨

YouTube video by Harvard Radcliffe Institute How America Got Into This Mess and How We Recover: Reflections from a Columnist’s Life

Watch the full event on our YouTube. youtu.be/mBHUVEUvNeU?...

How academia can help America heal — Harvard Gazette The first step, according to columnist David Brooks, is to understand higher education's role in the problem.

During a conversation here on campus, David Brooks opined on the origins of political populism and distrust of higher ed. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Shoutout to Kirsten Weld currently @rad-institute.bsky.social. 🔥

Why did Bad Bunny climb a utility pole? A deep dive into Puerto Rico’s power grid When Bad Bunny climbed a utility pole during the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, he reminded us that Puerto Rico’s power grid isn’t fixed.

“For the public that might have forgotten, Bad Bunny climbing the poles gave voice and visibility to an unforgettable instance of being powerless in Puerto Rico in a very literal sense”
Diana Hernández (@rad-institute.bsky.social & Columbia Center for Global Energy Policy)
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Another cool fellow @rad-institute.bsky.social fellow: Kelly Wisecup!

Episode 505: Our Plant Teachers | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Part two -- "Our Plant Teachers" -- of delightful and wide-ranging conversation with @rad-institute.bsky.social Born Curious podcast team.

Listen wherever you listen to podcast.

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Once Upon a Fairy Tale | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University The writer and artist Fowzia Karimi is working on a novel that melds Afghan oral tradition with her own family history.

Bood nabood.

Great essay about the wonderful Fowzia Karimi's @rad-institute.bsky.social project!

"Her latest work taking shape this fellowship year is a novel, interwoven with collected Afghan fairy tales, about the power of remembering and forgetting."
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Episode 504: The Stories Trees Hold—America’s Black Botanical Legacy | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

So enjoyed conversation about When Trees Testify (published by @henryholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social) with @rad-institute.bsky.social
Born Curious podcast.

Check out Episode 504: The Stories Trees Hold—America’s Black Botanical Legacy

www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Can any citizen astronomers out there help? 🔭

Episode 1: Intellectual Diversity in Higher Ed | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Join us as we investigate not only these issues, but also the practice of talking constructively with others who hold different points of view. Watch the full episode. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

Radcliffe in the Round is a series of conversations—part of our initiative on Academic Freedom and Connecting Across Difference—that brings together scholars with diverse viewpoints to explore pressing topics. The first conversation, "Intellectual Diversity in Higher Ed," is now available.

Academic freedom and constructive conversations across difference are essential to excellence in higher education. Inquiry that informs and challenges—even unsettles us—is crucial to rigorous education.

Thank you to an incredible group of researchers and practitioners who joined us in Cambridge to talk about evidence adoption, and to the @rad-institute.bsky.social for hosting and making it possible.

As the holiday season is upon us, I share Sarah Fayerweather's #recipe for gingerbread from her 1764 cookbook. I came across this while researching my new #book at the wonderful Schlesinger Library @rad-institute.bsky.social.

#history #sistercentennial #cooking

Lauren Williams awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — Harvard Gazette Math professor honored for theoretical breakthroughs with sometimes surprising applications across phenomena such as tsunamis, traffic.

Inspiring article on MacArthur Fellow and Math Professor @harvard.edu Dr. Lauren Williams news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... Coincidentally, she was a Fellow also at the @rad-institute.bsky.social but not the same year that I was. #Mathrocks

Lessons from Plants — Harvard University Press An exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving.We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing...

"We need groundkeepers, not gatekeepers."

My favorite sentence in @berondam.bsky.social's book "Lessons from Plants."
(Go read it! Follow her here, get her 2nd & very soon upcoming book, aaaand keep eyes out for her current @rad-institute.bsky.social's work too):
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, @itsgala.bsky.social, and Lauren K. Williams—all Radcliffe fellows and, as of today, 2025 MacArthur Fellows!

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All in Her Head 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...

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