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...that matter, the celebration of sustainability that drew over 8,000 people to the Yard on a frigid October afternoon was only one part of a week-long program of sustainability-related speakers, forums, and activities. Throughout the course of the week, students were treated to a remarkably well-coordinated set of events that both informed on environmental issues and demonstrated the capable planning of environmentally oriented campus student groups like the Environmental Action Committee...
...particular, the actions of University President Drew Gilpin Faust were laudable, as she used the power of her presidential office to build enthusiasm for Wednesday’s celebration, and then lent the weight of her person to the proceedings, introducing Vice President Gore. It is encouraging to see Harvard’s central administration take the lead on this crucial issue, especially since it is one that requires an interdisciplinary approach that can only be achieved through coordinating the actions of the University’s many disparate parts...
...professor of natural sciences, gave her first lecture as the permanent dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in a crowded Radcliffe Gymnasium, yesterday. Grosz, who is the Radcliffe Institute’s second dean since its creation in 1999, was introduced by her predecessor, University President Drew G. Faust. In her introduction, Faust expressed nostalgia for her own first lecture in which she was introduced by then University President Neil L. Rudenstine. Grosz assumed the deanship of the Radcliffe Institute on an interim basis in July 2007 after Faust was tapped to lead the University as president...
...other Cantabrigians flooded the Yard last Wednesday—all the while waiting in two-hour queues for free T-shirts and noshing on insipid apple crisp—to hear a keynote address from former Vice President Al Gore ’69, who, in the words of Drew Gilpin Faust, is “the greatest living steward of the environment...
...give keynote speaker Al Gore ’69 the “Robert Coles Call of Service” award and continued with panels and speeches over the weekend. James S. Hoyte ’65, professor of environmental science and public policy and assistant to University President Drew G. Faust, traced the history of environmental justice in a lecture last Saturday for a group of PBHA alumni and students. Hoyte said it was essential for the mainstream environmental movement, which traditionally focused on conservation in rural and suburban areas, to connect with low-income, minority, and urban communities...