Posted on Dec 16, 2022
Harvard announces Claudine Gay will be its next president
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Harvard has named its next president: Claudine Gay will be the first person of color to hold the university’s top job.
Gay, a social scientist who studies democracy and political participation, is the university's current Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she will be the first Black person to lead the country's oldest college.
Speaking to faculty and administrators on campus in Cambridge, Gay choked up when she was announced. She told the room that the role of president is all about harnessing the power of ideas and then supporting the people who pursue them.
“The idea of the ‘ivory tower’ — that is the past, not the future, of academia,” she said. “We don’t exist outside of society but as part of it, and that means that Harvard has a duty to lean in and engage and be of service to the world.”
Gay, a social scientist who studies democracy and political participation, is the university's current Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she will be the first Black person to lead the country's oldest college.
Speaking to faculty and administrators on campus in Cambridge, Gay choked up when she was announced. She told the room that the role of president is all about harnessing the power of ideas and then supporting the people who pursue them.
“The idea of the ‘ivory tower’ — that is the past, not the future, of academia,” she said. “We don’t exist outside of society but as part of it, and that means that Harvard has a duty to lean in and engage and be of service to the world.”
Harvard announces Claudine Gay will be its next president
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..."Members of the local Haitian community were thrilled to learn of Harvard's decision.
Haitian American business leader and former state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry told GBH News Gay’s appointment will inspire Haitians everwhere.
“Not just here in Massachusetts, but really the whole country and the world because of what Harvard stands for,” she said. “And being an American of Haitian descent, I’m even more proud that we have this incredible person that has been chosen to lead this magnificent institution.”...
..."Members of the local Haitian community were thrilled to learn of Harvard's decision.
Haitian American business leader and former state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry told GBH News Gay’s appointment will inspire Haitians everwhere.
“Not just here in Massachusetts, but really the whole country and the world because of what Harvard stands for,” she said. “And being an American of Haitian descent, I’m even more proud that we have this incredible person that has been chosen to lead this magnificent institution.”...
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