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...Faust hired a Dean of Science, Barbara J. Grosz, only months after assuming her new job. Some doubts, however, persisted as to whether Radcliffe could be home to a successful science program without research facilities of its own. In the Winter 2007 Radcliffe Quarterly, Faust described the initial hesitation she encountered: “No one was sure whether the new Radcliffe Institute could or should undertake a robust science program...
...some respected but diverse pieces and created something new out of it.” “She led the transformation of Radcliffe from what it had been into one of the world’s leading institutes for advanced study,” says Barbara J. Grosz, the dean of science at Radcliffe. Today, the institute receives about 800 applications from around the world to fill 45 to 50 fellowship spots annually, according to Grosz. Although the institute promotes advanced study in a wide range of disciplines, its Web site states that it “sustains...
...primary focus of the proposed Allston campus, both Thomas R. Cech, a 1989 Nobel laureate in chemistry and president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Hyman, who holds a professorship at the Harvard Medical School, were considered strong candidates.While Faust has no scientific background, Barbara J. Grosz, dean of science at Radcliffe, said that the Radcliffe dean has an impressive amount knowledge of the sciences and will be competent to carry out the task at hand.“There’s no question in my mind that she will be able to grasp intellectually the material...
...According to Grosz the institute welcomes about 12 to 14 fellows in the sciences every year. And it hosts annual science symposia—including a conference on tissue engineering this past November that drew speakers from labs across the country as well as from the Netherlands and Canada...
...When physicist Lisa Randall spoke about string theory at a Radcliffe donor dinner, Faust gave “an introduction that sounded so scientifically literate that someone who really knows the field thought it had been written by a scientist,” Grosz recalls...