Recent Ivy League dramas have made women leaders in academia wonder how far they’ve really come. By Kate Zernike Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. In “Necessary Trouble ...

Historian Drew Gilpin Faust writes that Civil War deaths — both their number and their manner — transformed America. Her new book is This... 'Republic of Suffering' Author Drew Gilpin Faust Historian ...

Former University President Drew Gilpin Faust offered an impassioned defense of higher education and denounced politicians for “denigrating and destroying” the academy during her keynote address to ...

In a long-anticipated move, Harvard confirmed the appointment of its first female president yesterday, announcing that Drew Gilpin Faust will be the university's 28th president. Dean of Harvard's ...

Drew Gilpin Faust, who was confirmed as Harvard's new leader on Sunday, has another presidential connection in the Ivy League: She's descended from two past presidents of Princeton. Among her ...

Seated in plastic chairs under a large tent that covered Harvard Yard and kept out sporadic raindrops, a crowd of more than 8,000 gathered Friday to watch Drew Gilpin Faust's inauguration as Harvard's ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Growing up in the South, Faust rejected the narrative she was fed about slavery and the Civil War. She writes about her journey to activism and... Harvard's Drew Gilpin Faust says history should make ...

This interview was originally broadcast on Jan. 9, 2008. Gilpin is featured in PBS's American Experience called Death and the Civil War. It premiered Sept. 18, the day after the 150 th anniversary of ...

Article Body Start I come from a Harvard family—no, there's no O'Brien Library, but every kid in my family (there are six of us) got a degree from Harvard College or Harvard Law School or Harvard ...