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The Boston Globe‘s Marcella Bombardieri and Maria Sacchetti report that Harvard has narrowed its shortlist for the presidency position. There’s some good news — for me, at least: Harvard University has narrowed its hunt for a president to a handful of candidates, including three Harvard administrators and a Nobel Laureate who heads a scientific research ...
The Boston Globe's Marcella Bombardieri and Maria Sacchetti report that Harvard has narrowed its shortlist for the presidency position. There's some good news -- for me, at least: Harvard University has narrowed its hunt for a president to a handful of candidates, including three Harvard administrators and a Nobel Laureate who heads a scientific research institute, according to people familiar with the search. The Harvard insiders on the short list are the provost, Steven E. Hyman, a neuroscientist; the dean of the law school, Elena Kagan; and the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Drew Gilpin Faust. Another top contender is Thomas R. Cech, a 1989 Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry who is president of the multi billion dollar Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the top philanthropies and research organizations in the world. Harvard also has asked the president of Tufts University, Lawrence S. Bacow, to be interviewed, but he refused. Bacow has said several times that he expects to remain at Tufts. (emphasis added) [So, what, you bucking for an endowed chair or something?--ed. No, a better parking spot. That's like gold in academia. Gold!!!] UPDATE: The Harvard Crimson's Javier Hernandez and Daniel Schuker report that, "the [search] committee may not yet have ruled out Tufts University President Lawrence S. Bacow." Damn you, Harvard!!!
The Boston Globe‘s Marcella Bombardieri and Maria Sacchetti report that Harvard has narrowed its shortlist for the presidency position. There’s some good news — for me, at least:
Harvard University has narrowed its hunt for a president to a handful of candidates, including three Harvard administrators and a Nobel Laureate who heads a scientific research institute, according to people familiar with the search. The Harvard insiders on the short list are the provost, Steven E. Hyman, a neuroscientist; the dean of the law school, Elena Kagan; and the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Drew Gilpin Faust. Another top contender is Thomas R. Cech, a 1989 Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry who is president of the multi billion dollar Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the top philanthropies and research organizations in the world. Harvard also has asked the president of Tufts University, Lawrence S. Bacow, to be interviewed, but he refused. Bacow has said several times that he expects to remain at Tufts. (emphasis added)
[So, what, you bucking for an endowed chair or something?–ed. No, a better parking spot. That’s like gold in academia. Gold!!!] UPDATE: The Harvard Crimson‘s Javier Hernandez and Daniel Schuker report that, “the [search] committee may not yet have ruled out Tufts University President Lawrence S. Bacow.” Damn you, Harvard!!!
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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