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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…
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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…
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Response to the Report of the Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging
Dear Members of the Harvard Community, Harvard’s commitment to excellence in the advancement and dissemination of knowledge rests upon the foundation of the remarkable people who make up this community. We understand it is essential to open our doors widely to talent from all parts of society, including those that have historically been underrepresented on…
- We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire. We Just Need to Speak Up. —The New York Times…
- Director’s Lecture with Drew Gilpin Faust
University of Chicago Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society April 8, 2025 at 5:00 p.m…. - Being Underestimated Is Like A Stealth Weapon With Drew Faust – She’s Got Nerve with Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera…
- DREW GILPIN FAUST-1st female Harvard president-NECESSARY TROUBLE: Growing Up Southern in Midcentury – Terrence McNally, Let’s Tell Stories of A World that Just Might Work…
- Remarks at Awarding of the Radcliffe Medal to Neil RudenstineRemarks at Awarding of the Radcliffe Medal to Neil Rudenstine September 26, 2024 As Delivered Drew Gilpin Faust It is a wonderful privilege to have this opportunity to pay tribute a person who changed the shape of Harvard University – – not to mention my own life. In the last years of his presidency,…
- Former Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust on Her Memoir…
- US higher education is endangered—The Boston Globe…
- Time to stand up, defend American higher education, Faust says —The Harvard Gazette…
- “Free and Brave:” Defending Universities and the Rule of TruthPhi Beta Kappa Oration, Harvard University, May 21, 2024 , Drew Gilpin Faust I am honored to be here today celebrating your achievements and grateful for this opportunity to speak after 11 years of silence at these Literary Exercises—sitting where President Garber is right now. And I am honored to join a long line of…
- The Strange Ritual of Commencement Speeches: Where everything and nothing is at stake —The Atlantic…