The Revitalist

New Harvard University President Gil Faust says that she wants to take a step back on the University's plans for the Allston campus and proceed more methodically and inclusively than the school has been. The science complex that will house a stem cell research insititute will stay on schedule to break ground next year, but the rest of the plans are being reconsidered. The Allston plans had included moving the Graduate School of Education and the School of Public Health, building four new undergraduate dorms, and building a new museum for contemporary art. The plans had been somewhat controversial among the school community – there is doubt about moving undergrads across the river from the main campus. Also, Allston residents have mixed feelings about the development, largely because the university has been fairly heavy handed in their dealings with the community. Faust hopes to salve that relationship by reexamining the plans and taking time to listen to all the concerns. Regardless of the results of all that listening, that Harvard-owned land colored red in the map above will one day be filled with Harvard programming.