Harvard nam Clde Gay 30th print – Harvard Gazette

Contents:

• A MSAGE OM PRINT CLDE GAY
• CLDE GAY: 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT HARVARD’S FIRST BLACK PRINT
• HARVARD NAM CLDE GAY 30TH PRINT
• CLDE GAY TO BE HARVARD’S 1ST BLACK PRINT, 2ND WOMAN
• CLDE GAY
• DATE SET FOR CLDE GAY’S GURATN
• CLDE GAY ANNOUNC RACIAL-JTICE INIATIV
• ‘QUIET STRENGTH’ AT THE TOP: IN CLDE GAY, HARVARD TURNS TO OL, UNFLAPPABLE LEARSHIP AT A TIME OF HIGHER TN TURMOIL
• HARVARD NAM CLDE GAY AS FIRST BLACK PRINT NEARLY 400-YEAR HISTORY
• HARVARD UNIVERSY APPOTS CLDE GAY AS SCHOOL’S FIRST BLACK PRINT
• HARVARD WILL HAVE ITS FIRST BLACK LEAR AS CLDE GAY IS NAMED UNIVERSY'S NEXT PRINT
• CLDE GAY AT HARVARD: A POWERFUL STEP TOWARDS EQUALY

A MSAGE OM PRINT CLDE GAY

Greeted by joyo hoots and a thunrg ovatn, Clde Gay, Edgerley Fay Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Scienc, spoke before an ebullient crowd Thursday afternoon at Smh Camp Center for the first time as the Universy’s 30th print-elect. Gay, who was elected earlier day by the Harvard Corporatn, the Universy’s prcipal erng board, was troduced by Penny Przker, who head the search mtee.

CLDE GAY: 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT HARVARD’S FIRST BLACK PRINT

Secretary of merce, scribed Gay as a “natural llaborator” and a “remarkable” lear and scholar, a person of “ep tegry” who sets high standards for herself and others and who “brgs people together a spir of mon purpose. Gay said that among her top prri will be nnectg the Universy even more closely to the world, through scholarship and partnerships wh for-profs and nonprofs, and makg higher tn more accsible to a wir array of people. A quantative social scientist wh expertise polil behavr, Gay was a tenured faculty member at Stanford before jog the Harvard faculty 2006 as a ernment profsor.

Gay, who is currently the an of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Scienc, will be the school’s first Black lear and the send woman ever to hold the posn when she tak over next are five thgs to know about the history-makg ’s the dghter of Haian immigrantsGay, 52, was born New York Cy, where her parents, Haian immigrants to the U. “My parents believed that tn opens every door, but of urse they gave me three optns: I uld bee an engeer, a doctor or a lawyer, which I’m sure that other kids of immigrant parents uld relate to, ” Gay said at an announcement ceremony on Thursday.

Acrdg to Gay’s b on Harvard’s webse, she has “explored such topics as how the electn of mory officeholrs affects cizens’ perceptns of their ernment and their tert polics and public affairs; how neighborhood environments shape racial and polil attus among Black Amerins; the roots of petn and operatn between mory groups, wh a particular foc on relatns between Black Amerins and Latos; and the nsequenc of hog mobily programs for polil participatn among the poor. “She is a scholar of unmon creativy and rigor, wh a strong workg knowledge of the opportuni and challeng facg the FAS, ” current Harvard Print Larry Baw said 2018 when Gay beme an.

HARVARD NAM CLDE GAY 30TH PRINT

But her tenure as an has not been whout ntroversyEarlier this year, more than three dozen Harvard profsors signed an open letter to Gay cricizg her cisn to place a profsor on unpaid leave followg allegatns of sexual misnduct. Clde Gay, a wily admired higher tn lear and distguished scholar of mocracy and polil participatn, will bee the 30th print of Harvard Universy on July 1. Sce 2018, Gay has served as the Edgerley Fay Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Scienc (FAS), the Universy’s largt and most amilly diverse faculty, spanng the blogil and physil scienc and engeerg, the social scienc, and the humani and arts.

The dghter of Haian immigrants, Gay received her bachelor’s gree 1992 om Stanford, where she majored enomics and was award the Anna Lra Myers Prize for bt unrgraduate this. A quantative social scientist wh expertise polil behavr, Gay served as an assistant profsor and then tenured associate profsor at Stanford before beg reced to Harvard 2006 as a profsor of ernment.

CLDE GAY TO BE HARVARD’S 1ST BLACK PRINT, 2ND WOMAN

Speakg after her electn, Gay said, “I am humbled by the nfince that the erng boards have placed me and by the prospect of succeedg Print Baw leadg this remarkable stutn.

A member of the Amerin Amy of Arts and Scienc, Gay has pursued her scholarship as a fellow at the Public Policy Instute of California, the Center for Advanced Study the Behavral Scienc, and the Radcliffe Instute for Advanced Study at Harvard. “Clde Gay b one person many of the attribut that will be required of Harvard’s new print, ” said Shirley Tilghman, who served as print of Prceton Universy om 2001 to 2013, is profsor emera of molecular blogy and public affairs at Prceton, and serv on the Harvard Corporatn. Reactg to Gay’s appotment, Ruth Simmons, print of Prairie View A&M Universy and print emera of Brown Universy, said, “In selectg Clde Gay as the next print, Harvard’s erng boards have monstrated a mment to ensurg that Harvard remas not only the preement universy the world but also the universy that leads wh creasg relevance to the world today.

CLDE GAY

In addn, Gay has been engaged a range of amic and programmatic iativ, cludg as a leadg voice wh both the Amic Council and the Provost’s Council, the two prcipal Universy-wi foms for chartg stutnal prri and plans. Gay also has a ep mment to amic eedom, llg “the touchstone for everythg we are tryg to achieve, ” and has been a strong advote for clive excellence throughout her reer, cludg durg her anship. “I uldn’t be more pleased by the selectn of Clde Gay as the next Harvard print, ” said Hopi Hoekstra, Alexanr Agassiz Profsor of Zoology at Harvard Universy.

Seekg to enable a strong, creative, and tellectually vibrant FAS for the long term, Gay iated a faculty-led, multiyear strategic planng effort the fall of 2021. “Dean Gay very clearly tablished the fundamental prcipl that guid how FAS addrsed the many challeng posed by the panmic, ” said Christopher Stubbs, the Samuel C.

“Dean Gay’s abily to lead om prciple and valu, alongsi a natural stct to brg people together om across discipl and areas of expertise to addrs big challeng, will serve Harvard well the years to e, ” said Stubbs. “Clde Gay has monstrated visn to advance rearch and tn, ep mment to Harvard’s missn, temperament to listen and learn om the many rich sourc of expertise our faculty, and fortu to make difficult cisns. BOSTON (AP) — Harvard Universy announced Thursday that Clde Gay will bee s 30th print, makg her the first Black person and the send woman to lead the Ivy League school.

DATE SET FOR CLDE GAY’S GURATN

“Clde is a remarkable lear who is profoundly voted to stag and enhancg Harvard’s amic excellence, to champng both the value and the valu of higher tn and rearch, to expandg opportuny, and to strengtheng Harvard as a fount of ias and a force for good the world, ” Penny Przker, senr fellow of the Harvard Corporatn and chair of Harvard’s printial search mtee, said a her speech, Gay lled for greater llaboratn among schools at Harvard and said there was an urgency for the universy be more engaged wh the world and to “brg bold, brave and pneerg thkg to our greatt challeng. “At a time when everyone ntu to look at Harvard, this printial hire will arguably be one of the most signifint Amerin higher tn for years to e, ” Cole print of Harvard, Gay will shape cisns that n have impact at the lol, state and feral level, Cole said. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTHarvard Nam a New Print, an Insir and Historic FirstClde Gay, the an of the Faculty of Arts and Scienc, will be the universy’s first Black lear, and the send woman.

CLDE GAY ANNOUNC RACIAL-JTICE INIATIV

Clde Gay will be the 30th print of the Szymczak for The New York TimHarvard Universy announced on Thursday that s new print would be Clde Gay, the an of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Scienc.

‘QUIET STRENGTH’ AT THE TOP: IN CLDE GAY, HARVARD TURNS TO OL, UNFLAPPABLE LEARSHIP AT A TIME OF HIGHER TN TURMOIL

Gay will take office July 2023, jt as the universy fac a pivotal Supreme Court cisn that may force to revise s longstandg admissns procs, which have been cricized for nsirg factors that favor whe and wealthy ndidat while also g affirmative actn to bolster enrollment by Black and Hispanic a proponent of creased diversy hirg, as well as an expert on mory reprentatn and polil participatn ernment, Dr.

HARVARD NAM CLDE GAY AS FIRST BLACK PRINT NEARLY 400-YEAR HISTORY

Gay retroduced herself to the Harvard muny, the place where she started as a graduate stunt three s ago, luggg a futon and a st-iron skillet to y plantas to Hasks Hall. “That Clde uld have not possibly imaged her path would lead here, ” she Gay said that at a time of profound social, polil and technologil change, Harvard would strive to be more nnected to the world, cludg through scholarships, partnerships and public engagement. Most of the profsors later retracted their nam om the Gay had also been the center of a ntroversy over the 2019 cisn to ny tenure to Lia García Peña, a profsor of Romance language and lerature.

Clde Gay has led Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Scienc as the Edgerley Fay Dean sce Augt 2018, havg served prevly as Dean of Social Science om 2015 to 2018. As FAS an, Gay has guid efforts to expand stunt accs and opportuny, spur excellence and novatn teachg and rearch, enhance aspects of the FAS’s amic culture, and brg new emphasis and energy to areas such as quantum science and engeerg; climate change; ethnicy, digeney, and migratn; and the humani. Prr to jog the Harvard faculty, Gay was an assistant profsor of polil science at Stanford Universy om 2000 to 2005, and an associate profsor (tenured) om 2005 to 2006.

HARVARD UNIVERSY APPOTS CLDE GAY AS SCHOOL’S FIRST BLACK PRINT

“Great news for Harvard and for higher tn: Our new print will be Clde Gay, a brilliant scholar and spirg lear, Harvard’s send female print and s first print of lor, ” he said.

HARVARD WILL HAVE ITS FIRST BLACK LEAR AS CLDE GAY IS NAMED UNIVERSY'S NEXT PRINT

Gay is a great choice bee a lot of her work is foced on upliftg vulnerable populatns, and I know she’s gog at least attempt to do that durg the tenure. De Distguished Profsor of Polil Science and Profsor of Public Policy at De Universy, who serv on the board of the Amerin Amy of Polil and Social Science wh Gay, mend the Universy for a “historic appotment. As protts about racial equy ntue across the untry, Clde Gay, an of the Faculty of Arts and Scienc (FAS), announced a seri of iativ to addrs racial and ethnic equaly—cludg faculty appotments and the addn of an associate an of diversy, cln, and belongg.

”On the amic si, Gay announced a reactivatn of the “clter hire” ethnicy, digeney, and migratn that origally lnched October 2019—part of FAS’s rponse to tense stunt tert , and prsure for, teachg and learng ethnic studi. Gay add that the Inequaly Ameri postdoctoral fellowship program will be expand om two fellows to appotment of the gural associate an, Gay said, will occur soon.

CLDE GAY AT HARVARD: A POWERFUL STEP TOWARDS EQUALY

Gay said the task force will nvene faculty, staff, and stunts “to nduct a prehensive study of our visual culture and articulate prcipl and rmed guil for evolvg the culture and imagery of the FAS. Days later, after more allegatns emerged agast the profsor, John Comaroff, nearly all the faculty members disavowed their oute of the unually public spat — surrenr by the challengg profsors, vditn for Gay — was unsurprisg to close observers of her reer, who scribed her as a eply thoughtful and unflappable lear who never mak a move whout first studyg her optns om every angle. ”Harvard profsors said that elevatg Gay, a polil scientist who has spent most of her reer at the universy and held learship rol for nearly a , the stutn has opted for an sir’s steady, rigoro, and studly unflamboyant learship as the school, and the higher tn dtry wr large, fac unmon challeng.

Er Clark/Globe StaffThere is, of urse, drama herent Gay’s arrival as the first Black print of the natn’s olst universy and the historic challenge that will greet her on day one.