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  • 2017 Remarks at Morning Prayers

    Appleton Chapel, Memorial Church, Cambridge, Mass., August 30, 2017, Drew Gilpin Faust Good morning. Before I begin my prepared remarks, I would like to ask all of us to take a moment to think about the people in Texas and now Louisiana. To take a moment to pray for them, silently, and to also think…

  • Freshman Convocation Address to the Class of 2021

    Tercentenary Theatre, Cambridge, Mass., August 29, 2017, Drew Gilpin Faust Welcome, Class of 2021. I was pleased to meet many of you at Visitas, and I am delighted that 1,702 of you have decided that this is where you would like to spend your next four years. We greet you as the present and the…

  • Letter to President Trump regarding DACA

    Dear Mr. President: I write to express my deep concern about reports that the Administration is considering whether to eliminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and to urge you to continue it as it currently exists. I also urge your Administration to vigorously defend DACA in the federal courts should its validity…