Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

In the News

What’s the future of books in a digital world?

The University of Virginia Magazine, October 1, 2011

Fellow Michael Suarez (RI '06), an "archaeologist of the book", is the director of Rare Book School.

He Blended it With Science

Harvard Gazette, September 23, 2011
[Photo by Justin Ide]

Fellow Michael Brenner loves good mathematical equations, like the algorithms he uses to accelerate simulations of global pollution. He also loves a good chocolate brownie. "It's about the material property of brownies," said Brenner, who displayed a numeric graph involving the sugar-to-flour ratio in brownies to a crowd at Radcliffe.

A Tale of Two Sisters

Harvard Gazette, September 20, 2011
[Photo by Kris Snibbe]

Jones is now fast at work on a fourth novel while at Radcliffe, writing on a vintage pink typewriter she scored on eBay and had refurbished.

Schlesinger Library Symposium

Harvard Crimson, September 12, 2011

Academics, policy makers, and professionals discussed the current state of female employment in America on Friday at "The New Majority? The Past, Present, and Future of Women in the Workplace" symposium.

Honoring a tireless advocate

Harvard Gazette, September 12, 2011
[Photo by Kris Snibbe]

Clara Goldberg Schiffer took adversity in stride. She was committed to improving the lives of working women. A group of scholars and professionals involved with the labor movement, workplace law, and social policy gathered at the Radcliffe Institute to pay tribute to Schiffer's accomplishments and to explore both the legacy and the future of working women in the United States.

Biology in this Century

Harvard Magazine, September 1, 2011
[Photo by Jim Harrison]

Fellow Pam Silver discusses how biology will be the technology of this young century. During the past 50 years, biology has developed from a soft science that described macroscopic phenomena into a reductionistic discipline that aims to explain life in terms of chemistry and physics.

Reimagining Post-9/11 Through Fiction

The Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2011

Amy Waldman's starting writing the The Submission during her felowship year at the Radcliffe Institute. 

Environmental Activism of Nuns Profiled

The Topeka Capital-Journal, August 13, 2011

Schlesinger Library grant winner Rachel Myslivy has taken an interest in the environmental activism of nuns.

Mental Health of Displaced and Refugee Children Resettled in Low-income and Middle-income Countries: Risk and Protective Factors

The Lancet, August 10, 2011

Summary of article in The Lancet, co-authored by former Radcliffe Institute fellow Lynne Jones.

Radcliffe Institute Fellow Published Study in The Lancet that Draws Attention to Mental Health of Refugee Children

@ the Institute, August 10, 2011

Lynne Jones came to the Radcliffe Institute to write a memoir about her decades of work helping address and understand children's mental-health needs. The fellowship also gave her time to contribute to an academic study of the mental health of displaced children. 

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