Radcliffe welcomes 2011-12 fellows
Just as Harvard College accepted only 6 percent of its applicants this year, so did the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. A leader among institutes for advanced study, the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard selected just 51 fellows from 800 applicants for the 2011-12 year. These fellows are award-winning artists, academics, and professionals, including musicians, mathematicians, filmmakers, anthropologists, biologists, and writers who convene at the institute for a full year to focus on individual projects and research while benefiting from a multidisciplinary community in the University setting. “These exceptional scholars, researchers, and artists are poised for a year of discovery, innovation, and creation,” said Dean Barbara J. Grosz, Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. “As they work within and across disciplines, transformative ideas emerge during the year that have a lasting impact well beyond the fellowship itself.” The 51 men and women were chosen based...