Drew gilpin faust awards daily

The Newberry honored Drew Gilpin Faust for her contributions to the humanities during the library’s annual Award Celebration on Friday, April 19. 

Faust is the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Research Professor at Harvard University, where she also served as president from 2007 to 2018.

She previously served as founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and is the author of seven books, including most recently, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury, published in August 2023.

Several hundred guests gathered to hear Faust and Newberry President Astrida Orle Tantillo in a far-ranging conversation, covering topics as diverse as Faust’s personal involvement in the mid-century Civil Rights movement and the critical role archives like the Newberry’s have played in her research and her academic career. 

“It was an enormous pleasure to honor Drew Gilpin Faust with the Newberry Libr