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Official Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, one of the world’s leading centers for interdisciplinary research and exploration.
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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.
September 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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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
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An iron gateway set into an ivy-covered brick wall, upon which the Harvard Radcliffe Institute logo is mounted.
August 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Congratulations to Jodie Foster, our latest Radcliffe medalist! Here, the medal citation.
The medal citation, which reads: RADCLIFFE MEDAL awarded to Jodie Foster She is an individual of keen intellect and insight, who illuminates the complexity of human experience. She is a gifted actor and filmmaker, whose commitment to craft calls us to engage with her work rather than the details of personal fame. She is a courageous artist, whose nuanced portrayals challenge superficial representations of women and our conceptions of strength, honor, and dignity. Presented by Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Radcliffe Day | May 9, 2025
May 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Tomorrow, May 9, is our big day: Radcliffe Day 2025!

Here, a peek at what goes into getting Radcliffe Yard ready.
May 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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1901 basketball team and subs in 1898–1899: Edith Hale, Louise Dunn, Francis Lee, Florence Graham, Louse Valpey, Ellen Somerby, Effie Chapman, May Cahill, Marjorie Dewey (captain), Agnes Morgan, and Selina Hunt
Eleven smiling young women, all wearing dark, long-sleeved wool uniforms featuring voluminous pleated bloomers and tights, vie for a basketball held aloft by the woman at the center.
March 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Maxine Winokur of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shoots a perfect basket in a game at Radcliffe, 1943
In this vintage photo taken from above the hoop, a young woman in a white short-sleeved, skirted uniform shoots a basketball.
March 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Harvard women’s basketball players Anne Kelly (24) and Trisha Brown (33) at the Ivy League championship versus Dartmouth, with whom they shared the win, March 2, 1986. Photo by Wan Joon Kim, Harvard Crimson
Two women in Harvard basketball jerseys bearing the numbers 24 and 33 cheer as they hold a trophy aloft inside a gym.
March 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Radcliffe College Class of 1925 basketball team, photographed in 1921–1922
Vintage photo of 10 young women in sailor-like uniforms and tights sitting cross-legged on the outdoor steps of a building. The woman at front-row center holds a basketball in her lap.
March 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Big Freedia, the Queen of Bounce, gives “Mother Ru” her flowers for her visibility—and all it has done to promote self-love and acceptance—during her recent conversation here at Radcliffe.
February 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM