About the Institute

Barbara-J-Grosz_credit-Asia-Kepka

Dean Barbara J. Grosz

Barbara J. Grosz is dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 

Learn more about Dean Grosz by viewing her biography and the article,
"Rebel, Builder, Boundary Crosser."


Radcliffe-Magazine_Summer-2010_cover

Radcliffe Magazine

In the latest issue of Radcliffe Magazine, novelist Allegra Goodman RI '07 and other researchers share how Schlesinger librarians affected their work; three documentary filmmakers discuss their craft; and Leigh Royden RI '10 reveals how she became a geophysicist.


Radcliffe-Yard-detail5_credit-Tony-Rinaldo

The Evolution of the Radcliffe Institute

1999: Radcliffe College and Harvard University officially merge, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is founded as an integral part of the University. More