Drew Faust
HARVARD IN SHANGHAI
President Drew G. Faust talks with David Tseng and Harvard GSD Dean Mohsen Mostafavi at a banquet celebrating the opening of the Harvard Center Shanghai last Thursday.
University Plans Capital Campaign
Harvard has begun planning for its next capital campaign after over five years of delays.
Harvard Corporation Launches Review
The Harvard Corporation has begun an internal review of its governance policies and increased its interaction with the Board of Overseers.
New FAS Policy Budget Questioned
Faculty members questioned recently implemented budgeting measures that will grant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith more authority in determining where FAS centers direct their funds.
Faust Stresses Need For Staff Diversity
While strides have been made to increase faculty and staff diversity, University President Drew G. Faust wrote in a campus-wide e-mail, women and minorities remain underrepresented in many campus circles. The latest development in the effort to diversify focuses on the university’s non-faculty workforce, an endeavor lead by newly apointed Chief Diversity Officer Lisa M. Coleman.
Harvard Allston Partnership Fund Grant
Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University, and Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston present grants to local non-profit groups at the Winter 2009-2010 Harvard Allston Partnership Fund Grant Award Ceremony Friday night.
Let's Chat
Kelli K. Okuji ‘10, President of the Harvard College Free the Slaves, meets with President Drew G. Faust yesterday during Faust’s office hours in Massachusetts Hall.
Students Share Ideas with Faust
The chance to meet with the University’s chief administrator attracted an eclectic group to Mass. Hall yesterday, ranging from anti-slavery activists to a group concerned with investments in Iran.
Faust Goes to Japan
Who wouldn't want to be the president of Harvard? After traversing through China in 2008 and much of Africa during Thanksgiving last year, University President Drew G. Faust’s next destination is Tokyo, Japan. This, of course, is all for business purposes only, namely in a continued effort to promote Harvard and encourage international scholastic cooperation.
Davos Conference Attracts Harvard Faculty
The World Economic Forum’s conference in Davos, Switzerland welcomed unusually large delegations from many universities, including Harvard, which sent a number of senior administrators and well-known professors.
President Faust's #1 Fan
University President Drew G. Faust has held plenty of titles over the decades: professor, dean, bestselling author, "Chainsaw Drew." But The Drew Gilpin Faust Fan Club reminds us that she has one other, often overlooked role—celebrity. For the past two years, an anonymous critic has been making DGF sightings her mission, posting to this mock fan blog under the charged pseudonym Grimke, taken from the 19th-century intellectual Angelina Weld Grimke.
