GSD Dean Sarah Whiting to temporarily “step back” from duties for cancer treatment

Sarah M. Whiting, the new dean at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, has announced that she will be stepping back from her administrative duties temporarily in order to undergo cancer treatment. 

In a letter from Whiting published by Harvard Magazine, the dean writes that she was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and that she “will be taking a partial step back from my daily dean-related responsibilities so that I can begin treatment,” adding, “Fortunately, Harvard and the Boston area are home to some of the finest health care providers in the world, and so I am in good hands.”

While Whiting is undergoing treatment, GSD Professor of Urban Design and Planning Rahul Mehrotra will act as “Dean Designate” while Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology Niall K...