Harvard Dean in E-Mail Controversy to Step Down

Evelynn M. Hammonds, the first woman and the first African-American to hold the position of dean of Harvard College, will leave that post on July 1 after five years, but she will remain on the faculty, the university said in a statement posted online. She will lead a new program on race and gender in science and medicine, topics that have been at the core of her scholarly work for decades. </P>“I was never asked to step down,” Dr. Hammonds said. “I have been in discussions to return

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