Claudine Gay Inaugurated As Harvard University’s First Black President

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Boston Globe/ Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated September 29, 2023

Even though she officially started working in her role on July 1, todayHarvard University inaugurated Claudine Gay as president.

“Gay is the first Black person and second woman to lead the Ivy League school,” reports CBS. The 52-year-old “will also oversee Harvard’s $100 million effort to redress its early ties to slavery,” per The Boston Globe.

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