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...pm: A Crimson reporter asks how she will make the transition from the small Radcliffe Institute to leading the large University. Faust answers, "thoughtfully," reassuring the audience that she has talked about this a lot with the search committee. She adds that she does have a lot to learn...
...pm: A reporter asks how she will use the pulpit of the presidency and she answers that she will try to talk about and propose solutions to improve the problems of higher education...
...pm: The conference opens to questions. A reporter asks what her main priorities are. She answers that she is going to try to fill the four vacant deanships, including her own deanship at the Radcliffe Institute...
...pm: Faust's remarks end and a loud applause from the audience ensues. As Faust gets teary-eyed, Houghton kisses her on the cheek
...pm: Greeted by the longest applause of the conference, Faust takes the stage. Faust discusses the challenges facing Harvard and the University's expansion into Allston. "Americans sacrifice and struggle to get their children into college or university, yet mock those same institutions as self indulgent, hidebound, badly managed," she says. She says that what Harvard "helps to define the character and meaning of the universities of the 21st century...