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...name has been on people’s lips for weeks, and in recent days she has been the clear frontrunner in the search for Harvard’s 28th leader. Though leading the University will represent a significant leap from her deanship at Radcliffe, friends and colleagues say they have no doubt that Drew Gilpin Faust is ready for the job. “I think she’s maybe the most impressive person I know,” says Steven Hahn, a professor of history at University of Pennsylvania who has known Faust for more than...
...wide range of disciplines. At the institute, Faust oversees 81 staff members, fewer than 15 faculty members, and a budget of about $16 million. As president, she would oversee a budget of about $3 billion and almost 25,000 employees, fueling questions about how she will handle such a leap. The choice of Faust, a historian specializing in the American South and the Civil War, signifies a return to the leadership of a career academic. Neil L. Rudenstine, the English scholar who led Harvard through the 1990s, was the last such academic at the helm of the University. Faust?...
...meters. It was a busy night for the junior, who also placed eighth in the 60-meter dash and 11th in the 60-meter hurdles. Smith finished eighth in the high jump and recorded a personal best in a second-place finish in the long jump. Her leap of 5.76 meters meets the 5.70-meter qualifying standard for the ECAC Championships.Smith’s performance also puts her at the top of the Ivy League standings in the long jump.“It was the first time I had taken a longer approach,” Smith said...
...that make the City their home. The reason he's bullish? Demand for office space is tied to the health of London's financial-services sector and, by many measures, the City has never been fitter. The U.K. financial sector contributed 3.5% of Britain's gdp in 2005, a leap from 2.4% in 2000. "You can sense growth taking place," Burgess says. The project, he says, represents, in glass and steel, "confidence in London's financial services...
...spider web. Indeed, the president must work constructively with Harvard’s various faculties, inspire alumni and students alike to join in their vision, and communicate persuasively with donors. The president need not be an agitator. But the presidential search committee must not be afraid to take a leap of faith in selecting a bold leader—as it did six years ago when it selected Lawrence H. Summers—rather than simply a uniter and a conciliator who will let the University drift as it will...