Claudine
On January 2, 2024, Harvard University witnessed a significant yet, in many ways, expected event involving a Black leader — the resignation of its president, Dr. Claudine Gay. While initial reports suggested that the departure was linked to the repeated criticism of the university’s response to the Hamas attack, and backlash from her congressional testimony […]
Eden Getahun was ecstatic when, just 13 months ago, she learned Harvard University would have its first Black female president. But she sensed even then that Claudine Gay, a prominent African American studies scholar, would face harsh obstacles leading the predominantly white institution. There was “excitement and hope in terms of what it represents for […]
In her late September inauguration, Claudine Gay looked out at a packed audience and spoke of her pride in making history as the first Black president of Harvard in its 387 years. “I stand before you on this stage, in this distinguished company and magnificent theater,” she intoned before continuing, “with the weight and honor […]
After weeks of speculation about whether Harvard University’s president, Claudine Gay, would be forced to resign amid a plagiarism and antisemitism scandal, Gay announced that she was stepping down. In her resignation letter, Gay spoke of “personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus,” and made no mention of her failure to properly address antisemitism […]
There’s one unassailable truism when it comes to Black social media: We will leverage X, TikTok, Facebook and the like to ride for those of us we love or whom we feel were genuinely wronged – just look at how we got the entire planet on our page in an unprecedented response to George Floyd’s […]
There’s one unassailable truism when it comes to Black social media: We will leverage X, TikTok, Facebook and the like to ride for those of us we love or whom we feel were genuinely wronged – just look at how we got the entire planet on our page in an unprecedented response to George Floyd’s […]
Former law professor and Harvard Law School graduate Winkfield Twyman Jr has claimed the recent attacks on Claudine Gay’s credibility are ‘well deserved’ In a blistering op-ed he argued that Gay has ‘made a career of attacking black scholars’ and should therefore not be protected by circling the ‘racial wagons’ A black former law professor has said […]
Steven Senne/AP Claudine Gay was inaugurated Friday as Harvard University’s first Black president. CNN — In a historic first, Harvard University inaugurated new president Claudine Gay on Friday, the first Black person and second woman to lead the university. “I stand before you on this stage with the . . .
Dr Gay has “brought to her roles a rare blend of incisiveness and inclusiveness, intellectual range and strategic savvy, institutional ambition and personal humility”, said Penny Pritzker, a senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation and the chair of Harvard’s presidential search committee. Source link
Topline Harvard University named Claudine Gay as its 30th president in an announcement Thursday, following Lawrence Bacow’s earlier
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