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Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

We are heartened that the Supreme Court today has affirmed the vital interest of universities in bringing together students from many different backgrounds and points of view. Such diversity enriches the learning experience for all our students, as they live and learn in a community whose collective variety of experiences, interests, and perspectives opens minds,…

2013 Year-End Message from President Faust

On the Web: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/06/harvard-university-year-in-pictures-2012-2013/ Dear Members of the Harvard Community: Despite unseasonably warm weather, throngs of alumni and friends filled Tercentenary Theatre for Commencement. The Morning Exercises were punctuated by welcome levity and the Afternoon Exercises energized by Oprah Winfrey’s inspiring speech. It was an especially joyful day, reminding us of the strength of the…

The Harvard Campaign

Dear Colleagues, As the academic year approaches its Commencement finale, we are already anticipating the public launch of the University campaign soon after the students return in September.  The process of preparing for a campaign is one that focuses us on defining our future.  For the past several years, we have been engaged within each…

Message to the Community

Dear Members of the Harvard Community: We are deeply grateful to law enforcement officials from Boston, Cambridge, and Watertown and from across the state and nation for their apprehension last evening of the surviving suspect in the marathon bombing. Yesterday was a harrowing day in a week of tragedy, suffering, and uncertainty—as well as courage…

Welcome, Class of 2017

Dear Members (I Hope) of the Harvard Class of 2017: I had hoped to spend a part of my Saturday with many of you, deploying all the wit and charm I could muster to persuade you to make Harvard your home for the next four years.  I had hoped to regale you with a few…

The newest revolution in higher ed

This op-ed originally appeared in The Boston Globe on March 3, 2013.  By Drew Faust and L. Rafael Reif  In 1837, the Massachusetts Board of Education devoted part of its first annual report to praising a recent classroom innovation called the blackboard. This “invaluable and indispensible” innovation enabled the “rapid and vivid communication of knowledge.” It…