Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Your weekend listen: In a special collaboration with the podcast 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—or look for BornCurious everywhere you listen to podcasts! https://lnkd.in/eP3XTcsg

Today, HRI Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin awarded the 2025 Captain Jonathan Fay Prizes, given each year to the graduating Harvard College seniors with the most exceptional theses. We’re thrilled to congratulate Sophie Cooper, Marvin Li, and Katherine Marie (Kay) Rollins! Click through for short videos in which they explain their work. https://lnkd.in/dkQ5adTb

Learn about the bold thinkers we'll welcome in the fall! https://lnkd.in/e5bNwjTB

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. Join us at 1:30 PM ET for a special program about the evolving nature of women’s representation and recognition in the film and television industries, both as subjects and as creators. Later in the afternoon, we will honor Jodie Foster for her work in film and beyond. Speakers will include Amy Brenneman ’86, Mira Nair ’79, Naomi McDougall Jones, Saladin K. Patterson, and Stacy L. Smith. Following a testimonial by Diana Nyad, Foster will engage in a keynote conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr. You may still register to watch online—follow the link in the comments!

April is National Poetry Month—why not observe it with this podcast episode featuring the poet Gabeba Baderoon, whose work often examines the complexities of love? https://lnkd.in/e7JvTsRC

We congratulate the writer and fellow Claire Luchette for their 2025 Whiting Award! The award supports 10 emerging creative writers annually, and the selection committee praised Luchette’s debut novel, Agatha of Little Neon (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021), as being both “tender, unassuming, wise” and “laugh-out-loud funny.” https://lnkd.in/eZm7JxSG

Today, the Guggenheim Foundation announced its centennial class of fellows—and we spied some familiar names among them. Our heartfelt congratulations go out to Jessica Bardsley RIGF ’19, AM ’20, PhD ’21; Katarina Burin RI ’18; Patrick Keating RI ’15; Jingyi Jessica Li RI ’23; Christopher Muller AM ’11, PhD ’14, RI ’23; merav opher RI ’22; Matías Gustavo Piñeiro RI ’12; and Tulasi Srinivas RI ’17, WSRPF ’23. Well done, all! https://lnkd.in/eKC8mbTr

STARTING SOON: Trained on biased historical data, artificial intelligence is permeating every aspect of human life. How can we address gender inequities in AI before they continue to replicate them? Join experts as they navigate this question and others at today's conference. Watch online! https://lnkd.in/euhNrAGC

Artificial intelligence is transforming the artistic world, but what does this mean for creativity? Will AI expand or constrain artistic possibilities? Stephanie Dinkins, Anna Ridley, and Mary Flanagan—all artists who work with technology—unravel these questions at the kickoff for “Gender and AI: Promise and Perils” TONIGHT at 7 PM. https://lnkd.in/eTBtAbkm