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1 day ago · Welcome to the Office of the President. "With the support, advice, and help of the Harvard community, my focus during this interim period will be on advancing our mission and helping to heal and strengthen a University that I cherish." More about Interim President Alan Garber.
19 hours ago · Harvard’s former president, Lawrence S. Bacow, is among six individuals receiving honorary Harvard degrees at the University’s 373rd Commencement ceremonies Thursday morning.
1 day ago · Six receive honorary degrees. Honorary degree recipients Jennie Chin Hansen (clockwise from top left), Sylvester James Gate Jr., Lawrence S. Bacow, Joy Harjo-Sapulpa, Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez, and Maria Ressa with interim President Alan Garber and interim Provost John Manning. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer.
1 day ago · Bacow will receive an honorary doctorate alongside Gustavo A. Dudamel Ramírez; Sylvester James Gates Jr., a physics professor at the University of Maryland; Joy Harjo-Sapulpa, a chancellor of the American Academy of Poets and former U.S. Poet Laureate; Jeannie Chin Hansen, former CEO of the American Geriatrics Society; and Maria A. Ressa, the Nobel-prize winning journalist who will address ...
Apr 29, 2024 · Lawrence Seldon Bacow ( /ˈbækaʊ/; born August 24, 1951) is an American economist and retired university administrator. Bacow served as the 12th president of Tufts University from 2001 to 2011 and as the 29th president of Harvard University from 2018 to 2023.
May 6, 2024 · He will succeed President Lawrence S. Bacow next summer. Bacow announced in February that he would step down in 2011 after serving as president for a decade.
4 days ago · Under President Larry Bacow, Tufts started a capital campaign in 2006 with the goal of raising $1.2 billion to implement full need-blind admission by 2011. As of December 10, 2010 the campaign raised $1.14 billion.
