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Though the subject of Summers??€™ address has not been made public, it will likely include the themes he has emphasized since his appointment last March—promoting undergraduate education, extending the University’s technological reach, improving the science programs, and planning for Harvard in the 21st century...
Though the vigil speech and other similar campus appearances were not part of Summers??€™ initial agenda when he entered Mass. Hall on July 2, they may have a greater impact on Summers??€™ reputation than student office hours or informal dining hall discussions ever could. His personal skills, once considered his weakness, have become his strength, and a hallmark of how Harvard is handling the tragedy. Summers stood on the steps of Memorial Church alongside Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes and other campus religious leaders—and students noticed. As they departed...
According to Gomes, it was Summers??€™ choice to speak at the vigil...
President Neil L. Rudenstine, Summers??€™ predecessor, created a council of deans that functioned like a presidential cabinet, and reinstituted the office of the provost. For Summers, the idea of bringing the University together has taken a different, less tangible form in the wake of the terrorist attacks...
...possible indication of Summers??€™ attention to undergraduates is his selection of Paul A. Gusmorino ’02, president of the Undergraduate Council, to speak at the installation. Gusmorino will have a unique opportunity to address the campus: most of the other speakers will be members of the Universities’ faculties, and no undergraduate student has spoken in any of the five installations in the last century. His speech will not only be heard by students, but will reach to the many members of the alumni community who will be in attendance. We congratulate Gusmorino and wish...