{shortcode-1696450a4c3b80fefe1a691faa4425a313202c8b}n Friday, October 5, Lawrence S. Bacow was inaugurated as Harvard's 29th president. An Academic Procession started a ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre, where hundreds gathered to welcome Bacow.
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Members of the welcome procession prepare to go through security at Johnston Gate before entering Harvard Yard.
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Donned in colored robes, Harvard affiliates proceed toward Tercentenary Theatre.
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Protestors stand outside Smith Campus Center to demand justice for former University Health Services employee Mayli Shing, as attendees of Bacow's inauguration filed into Harvard Yard across Massachusetts Avenue.
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Ceremonial flags carried at the head of the procession. The Harvard University band follows behind.
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Faculty Deans process through Tercentenary Theatre on their way to the stage in front of Memorial Church.
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Clergy members walk down the aisle in the center of Tercentenary Theatre on Inauguration Day.
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Delegates during the Academic Procession wore stickers stating "Believe Survivors" and "I Believe Her."
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Four former University Presidents — Derek C. Bok, Neil L. Rudenstine, Lawrence H. Summers, and Drew G. Faust — followed by Bacow, made up the end of the Academic Procession.
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Undergraduate Council President Catherine L. Zhang '19 welcomes President Lawrence S. Bacow during the introductory remarks of the Installation.
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Amanda S.C. Gorman ’20, the inaugural youth poet laureate, raises her hands to the crowd while delivering an original poem that she wrote specifically for the occasion.
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Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow William F. Lee '72 presents Bacow with the Harvard Charter of 1650.
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Reverend Jonathan L. Walton delivers the invocation of the inauguration proceedings.
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Former University President Drew G. Faust pretends to stamp President Bacow’s hand in a lighthearted moment.
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Bacow delivers a nearly 35-minute speech laying out the key themes of his presidency.
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Protesters standing in front of Widener Library were heard yelling "Hey, Larry, time’s up” during the start of the President’s address.
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Bacow is swarmed by members of the Harvard community. Here, he stops to take a photograph with Samarth P. Desai '20 and Nicholas J. Danby '20 during block party that followed Bacow's installation.
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Bacow and his wife, Adele F. Bacow, take photos and shake hands with a crowd of well-wishers during the block party in the old yard.
