The Library of Congress announced today that it will award to Harvard President Drew Faust the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. The $1 million international prize recognizes individuals whose scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has shaped public affairs and civil society, highlighting researchers who have had a…
Letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Regarding Proposed “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” Rule
The Honorable Scott PruittAdministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20460 Re: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 Dear Mr. Administrator: With significant concern, I offer the following comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule, “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science.” Evidence-based research is critical to informed decision-making and the formulation of…
2018 Commencement Speech
As delivered. Thank you, Susan, for those generous words, and thanks to everyone for that generous welcome. Heartfelt congratulations to you, our graduates, and to your families for the hard work and many accomplishments that have brought you to this day. I am especially grateful to John Lewis for sharing his inspiring words and presence…
2018 Remarks at ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
TERCENTENARY THEATRE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Secretary Carter, Lt. Col. Godfrin, Lt. Col. Ott, Capt. Horten. Commissionees. Families and friends. Last January I received a mysterious package in the mail. I opened it to find a gift from a Marine Corps captain who had been commissioned here on this stage in 2010. Capt. Shawna Sinnott wrote to…
2018 Baccalaureate Service: “To Catch Fire and Light the World”
Memorial Church, Cambridge, Mass., May 22, 2018, Drew Gilpin Faust Greetings, Harvard College Class of 2018! And congratulations! What a privilege it is to be here with you today, in this hectic, joyous, scary, hopeful, and glorious week, as you prepare to pass through the gates into the company of educated persons. Four years ago,…
Letter in Support of Those Affected by TPS Policy Changes
Dear Chairman Grassley, Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Ranking Member Nadler: We are writing to urge your attention to efforts to provide legal status for those individuals from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan living in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). As you know, the administration has announced the…
Review Committee
Dear Members of the Harvard Community, On April 16, I wrote to the community about the troubling events culminating in the arrest of a Harvard student by the Cambridge Police Department. Since then, University officials have engaged in an extensive series of conversations with members of the community. Through open and frank dialogue, we have heard expressions…
New Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Dear Colleagues and Friends, I write with the excellent news that Tomiko Brown-Nagin, the Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School and Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has accepted my offer to serve as dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, effective July 1, 2018….
Statement from President Faust
Dear Members of the Harvard Community, Many of you have heard about an incident that occurred Friday night on Massachusetts Avenue, involving interactions between the Cambridge Police Department and a Harvard student in an extreme condition, including his forcible arrest. We do not yet know all the facts, and it will take time before the…
Remarks by Drew Gilpin Faust at the Close of The Harvard Campaign
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Mass., April 14, 2018, Drew Gilpin Faust May Harvard be as wise as it is smart,as restless as it is proud,as bold as it is thoughtful,as new as it is old,as good as it is great. With these words, these five lines of fervent aspiration, we marked the public launch of this…