Faust on forest foray
A tour of Harvard Forest gave University President Drew Faust glimpses of both the past and the future as she examined a colonial-era farm that is now an archaeological site and viewed experiments investigating the role of climate change in transforming the Earth. Faust became the first sitting Harvard president to visit the forest in more than 70 years when she and husband Charles Rosenberg, the Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences, last Thursday joined a small entourage that toured the area, led by Harvard Forest Director David Foster. With 35 undergraduates working there this summer and new research projects starting up — including faculty collaborations and the forest’s designation as part of the world’s largest ecological research program, the National Science Foundation’s National Ecological Observatory Network — there is a lot of activity there this summer, Foster said. “We have much to show and were delighted to share a beautiful...