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A veteran academic and Civil War historian who has led the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study since 2001, Faust was offered the presidency earlier this week by the six fellows of the Harvard Corporation, the University's executive governing body. She is expected to begin her term in office on...
As rumors of Drew Gilpin Faust’s selection as University president circulated yesterday, reporters attempting to confirm the story encountered unreturned phone calls, repeated “no comments,” and closed doors. The staff at the Radcliffe Institute, where Faust is currently dean, remained mum...
Drew Gilpin Faust, a Civil War scholar, will tackle a “reconstruction” of her own as the new president of Harvard—bringing the University back together after the tumultuous tenure of Lawrence H. Summers.Faust, whose selection still needs to be confirmed by the Board...
Institutionally, Harvard’s president is the person best able to direct overarching changes and interdisciplinary initiatives, such as the nascent Harvard Stem Cell Institute. Such projects can require the president to act as a mediator between often-tribal faculty departments, bringing together, for example, scientists and philosophers to...
They were presidents of big universities and small colleges; leaders of British schools and American research institutions; sons and daughters of Harvard and people who never studied in Widener Library. And yet, these very different provosts, presidents, and prize-winners all had one thing in common: they did not want...