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The Instability of Truth An acclaimed historian of science uncovers the hidden history of brainwashing—and its troubling implications for today., The Instability of Truth, Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasio...

Currently reading the book of @rad-institute.bsky.social fellow, Rebecca Lemov: "The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion"
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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!

www.macfound.org/programs/awa...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Meet some of this year's fellows.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Congratulations on seeing this project come to life!

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.

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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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, ...

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 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.

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

An iron gateway set into an ivy-covered brick wall, upon which the Harvard Radcliffe Institute logo is mounted.

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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.

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 | 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.

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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👏 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...

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.

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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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

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

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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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.

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

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

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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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 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 ...

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!!
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