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Drew Faust

Statement on the Report of the Harvard Task Force on the Arts

December 10, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust

Financial Update to Council of Deans (2008)

December 2, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Faust, Senator Kennedy

Remarks on Senator Edward Moore Kennedy

December 1, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

President Faust

Letter from President Faust about the global economic crisis

November 10, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust at Harvard Law School

Celebration of the successful completion of the Harvard Law School campaign

October 23, 2008

Harvard Law School, Holmes Field, Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust, Al Gore

Sustainability Celebration

October 22, 2008

Tercentenary Theatre, Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust

Harvard Business School Centennial

October 14, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust

Welcome to the new academic year (2008)

September 24, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust at Morning Prayers

Morning Prayers (2008)

September 16, 2008

The Memorial Church, Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust

Letter from Drew Faust regarding HUPD relations with University community

August 1, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust

Statement on the Report of the Harvard Greenhouse Gas Task Force

July 8, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust

Commencement address of President Drew Faust (2008)

June 5, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust, new officers

Remarks at the Harvard ROTC Commissioning Ceremony (2008)

June 4, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Drew Faust at Baccalaureate service

Baccalaureate address to Class of 2008

June 3, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard Yard in springtime

Charge to the Steering Committee on Common Spaces

April 24, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

Remarks at the inauguration of Edward Ayers

Remarks at the inauguration of Edward Ayers

April 11, 2008

University of Richmond

Drew Faust in China

“Illuminating One’s Bright Virtue”: Higher Education in a Changing World

March 26, 2008

Peking University

Drew Faust testifying to Senate

Why Consecutive Years of Flat Funding of the NIH Is Putting a Generation of Science at Risk

March 11, 2008

Washington, D.C.

Faust, Menino

Remarks at ‘Green Cities: Lessons from Boston and Beyond’

March 5, 2008

Cambridge, Mass.

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