Tag: Drew Faust
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Harvard Campaign ends, providing enduring investment
The Harvard Campaign, which concluded on July 1, will help “shape and secure Harvard’s future by investing in both the enduring and emerging …”
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Questions, answers with Harvard’s Muslim chaplain
In a Q&A session, Harvard’s Muslim chaplain, Khalil Abdur-Rashid, explains what he’s found here, and where he’d like to focus his ministry next.
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For President Faust, a festive farewell
In a final, festive farewell, Harvard President Drew Faust said goodbye to her position as the University’s top administrator.
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Raj Chetty returning to Harvard
Economist Raj Chetty, who left Harvard for Stanford in 2015, is returning to Harvard this summer to become the inaugural William A. Ackman Professor of Economics, and continue his work on American inequality.
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Minow named University Professor
Human rights expert Martha Minow, the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School and a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, has been named a University Professor, Harvard’s highest faculty honor.
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Harvard through Drew Faust’s eyes
The outgoing president reflects on her personal connections to campus in 360-degree video vignettes.
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Documents released in admissions lawsuit
Harvard, plaintiff explain their stances in case likely to go to trial in October.
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Harvard Heroes, including Faust, honored at Sanders Theatre
The 2018 Harvard Heroes ceremony at Sanders Theatre celebrated the efforts of 61 extraordinary employees, including President Drew Faust.
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Court to receive motions in admissions lawsuit
Harvard, plaintiff on Friday will present their competing positions in an admissions lawsuit against the College.
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Faust to receive Kluge Prize
The Library of Congress announced it will award to Harvard President Drew Faust the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity.
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Getting comfortable outside their comfort zones
The first installment in a new series on campus diversity as a cornerstone of a Harvard education.
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Vice president of Harvard Library to retire
Sarah E. Thomas will retire from her roles as vice president of the Harvard Library and University librarian and as Roy E. Larsen Librarian of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the end of this year.
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Hillary Clinton receives Radcliffe Medal
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received the Radcliffe Medal on Friday, an annual award honoring an individual whose life and work have had a “transformative impact on society.”
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Facing the future, Lewis and Faust see reason for hope
Harvard Commencement Speaker John Lewis exhorts graduates to get to work in the fight for justice.
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Purpose in service
The ROTC commissioning ceremony honored new officers in the armed forces.
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Harvard Corporation elects two new members
Penny S. Pritzker ’81, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and past Harvard Overseer, and Carolyn A. “Biddy” Martin, president of Amherst College and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have been chosen as the newest members of the Harvard Corporation.
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The poet and the paleontologist
Poet Kevin Young ’92 had something of a homecoming as he returned to speak before the honored students and faculty at Harvard’s annual Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises.
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Two leaders, one Harvard
Harvard’s incoming and outgoing presidents sit down with Gazette to talk about the value of humility in decision-making and the biggest challenges facing higher education.
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Two named to lead Overseers
Susan L. Carney, a federal appeals court judge, has been elected president of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers. Gwill E. York, co-founder and managing director of Lighthouse Capital Partners, will be vice chair.
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‘What the hell — why don’t I just go to Harvard and turn my life upside down?’
Family, history, and the 1960s all helped to shape the higher ed leader, but it was illness that urged her forward.
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Bridget Terry Long to lead Ed School
Bridget Terry Long will become the new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in July.
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Gates recalls Harvard past, sees problem-solving future
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates dropped by Harvard to tour SEAS labs and talk with students about making the most of their time here.
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Brown-Nagin named Radcliffe dean
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a leading historian on law and society as well as an authority on constitutional and education law and policy, has been named dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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A decade on, a goal met; now, next targets
The University-wide Sustainability Celebration marked more than a decade of the Harvard community’s collective achievements in holistically addressing sustainability to build a healthier campus community less dependent on fossil fuels.
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Report issued on inclusion, belonging
Harvard’s Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging issued its final report, a compilation of eight recommendations and a framework of “four goals and four tools” meant as a blueprint for advancing Harvard’s practices and culture of inclusion and belonging. President Drew Faust announced a series of initiatives to advance this work.
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A call to halt endowment tax
Harvard President Drew Faust was among 49 college and university presidents who called on Congress to repeal the endowment tax enacted in December.
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A turning point in memory
A panel at the Graduate School of Design discussed historical monuments, and new ways to create them.
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Lewis named Harvard Commencement speaker
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Civil Rights leader who has represented Georgia’s 5th District for more than 30 years, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 367th Commencement on May 24.
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Trusted voice among leaders in higher education
Harvard’s next president, Lawrence Bacow, is known among his peers in higher ed as someone they can turn to for advice.