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Thomas R. Cech, the head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a leading contender in Harvard’s presidential search, has bowed out of the race to be the University’s 28th chief.
Cech declined to comment on his standing in the search, though individuals close to the search committee have said that he was one of the leading contenders. Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust is also considered a particularly strong candidate.
It’s exceedingly rare for the Harvard Corporation to attract national attention—usually that role falls to the president—but Harvard’s highest governing board did just that recently by taking a major step forward in the development of interdisciplinary study at...
First semester grades are in for environmental sustainability, and Harvard got an A-. To be specific, the Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the University six A’s—and one C, rebuking Harvard for being secretive about the investment of its greenbacks. The establishment of green buildings, adjustments...
Search committee members in recent weeks have spoken particularly highly of Howard Hughes Medical Institute President Thomas R. Cech—who withdrew his name from consideration yesterday—and Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust. And as Cech’s announcement yesterday adds new questions to the...