@DrewFaust28

U.S. Historian | @Harvard professor & president emerita | former @UPenn | @BrynMawrCollege alum | "Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury"

 Cambridge, MA
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Joined June 2020
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Honored to give the @Harvard @PhiBetaKappa oration this morning and grateful to have a chance to speak about how current attacks on higher education threaten to undermine one of our country’s greatest assets. drewfaust.com/2024/05/21/fre…

“Free and Brave:” Defending Universities and the Rule of Truth

Phi Beta Kappa Oration, Harvard University, May 21, 2024 , Drew Gilpin Faust I am honored to be here today celebrating your achievements and grateful for this opportunity to speak after 11 years of...

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"These men made our lives possible. They were impelled to risk all by a sense of obligation to the future. We possess a reciprocal obligation to the past. We must not squander what they bequeathed to us." @DrewFaust28 on this Memorial Day. @nytimes nytimes.com/2025/05/26/opini…

Opinion | We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire. We Just Need to Speak Up. (Published 2025)

At a time of national crisis, Memorial Day reminds us to honor past sacrifices by standing up for democracy.

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Thrilled to announce "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." Coming from @ScribnerBooks June 10, 2025. A long journey but perfect timing for 2025's Harlem Renaissance centennial milestones. Excited that this icon's REAL story will finally be out in the world.
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I am very, very excited about this: cnn.com/2024/10/11/media/the…

The Atlantic is expanding its print magazine as it surpasses 1 million subscribers | CNN Business

The Atlantic is doing something exceedingly unusual for a magazine in 2024: increasing the number of issues it prints.

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A perfect choice for the Kluge Prize and a wonderful celebration Friday. Congratulations Anthony @KAnthonyAppiah and Librarian Hayden @LibnOfCongress
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Dr. Appiah’s philosophical work is elegant & groundbreaking. His writing about race & identity transcends predictable categories & encourages dialogue across traditional divisions. He is an ideal recipient for the Kluge Prize & we were proud to celebrate him Friday evening.
Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden places the Kluge Prize medal around the neck of Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, the 2024 Kluge Prize recipient

ALT Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden places the Kluge Prize medal around the neck of Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, the 2024 Kluge Prize recipient

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So honored to deliver the keynote at an event today honoring Thomas Laws, an enslaved man from Clarke County, VA, who played such a critical role in intelligence gathering for Union general Philip Sheridan. He’s an important figure in my book Slavery & Freedom @floridapress
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Q&A: Undergraduate admissions in the wake of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology news.mit.edu/2024/qa-undergr…

Q&A: Undergraduate admissions in the wake of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling

MIT Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill provides an update on the Institute’s newest incoming class in the wake of the 2023 Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard Supreme Court ruling.

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I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of Susan Wojcicki’s untimely death. I send my heartfelt condolences to her husband @dtroper and family.
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Remember and honor Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner and the price they paid when they were murdered in Mississippi exactly sixty years ago today while fighting for all of our voting rights:
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I'm pleased to join @soledadobrien and my fellow Women in Public Life honoree Judy Roth Berkowitz for today's conversation at @NYHistory. nyhistory.org/programs

Programs & Events | The New York Historical

Join us for outstanding talks, conversations, film screenings, and tours that showcase the nation's most eminent historians, writers, and thinkers.

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As #Juneteenth approach we start the countdown for the publication of new books on the history of slavery and race in the United States. In this story, VISUAL IMAGES matter. Can't wait to read @sarahelizalewis's The Unseen #slaveryarchive hup.harvard.edu/books/978067…
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A distressing and beautifully rendered piece for us all to contemplate this Memorial Day weekend from the incomparable ⁦@PhilKlay⁩ nytimes.com/2024/05/26/opini…

Opinion | What Do I Owe the Dead of My Generation’s Mismanaged Wars? (Published 2024)

We owe it to the dead to remember what mattered to them, and the ideals they held, as well as how those ideals were betrayed.

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Here is an excerpt from my Tuesday @PhiBetaKappa speech defending imperiled universities, which was published in the @BostonGlobe. bostonglobe.com/2024/05/23/o…

US higher education is endangered - The Boston Globe

The long-held right of universities and their faculties to decide what they should teach is so precious. Precious but under threat.

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So honored that my book was the gift to these newly commissioned students. And so honored to see this record number of students devoted to serving their country. harvardmagazine.com/node/865…

Carrying a “Heavy Pack” | Harvard Magazine

The largest Harvard ROTC cohort in 30 years is commissioned into the armed services.

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Drew Gilpin Faust, president emerita of Harvard, delivered these eloquent, powerful remarks yesterday. A full-throated and much-needed defense of the university--not Harvard specifically, but "the university" as a concept and institution. drewfaust.com/2024/05/21/fre…
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I am so grateful for your generous words, David.
David Sanger
@SangerNYT22 May 2024
Don’t miss this vital speech from @DrewFaust28, one of the great historians, and defenders of academic freedom, of our time.
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Thank you so much, Nick. Your words mean a lot.
Nicholas Kristof
@NickKristof21 May 2024
Terrific and important speech about attacks on higher education and their cost to the country. Much recommended.
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Really important piece by @JenBerryHawes! 70 Years After Brown v. Board, Segregation Academies Persist in Deep South propublica.org/article/camde…

Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South. One Town Grapples With Its Divided Schools.

Seventy years after Brown v. Board, Black and white residents, in Camden, Alabama, say they would like to see their children schooled together. But after so long apart, they aren’t sure how to make...

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Looking forward to being part of the tour in conversation with @NickKristof 5/16. Harvard Bookstore! The book is gripping and inspiring. Can’t wait to hear more from Nick about it.
Nicholas Kristof
@NickKristof9 May 2024
I do hope my book tour for "Chasing Hope" goes better than Kristi Noem's book tour.
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