The demotion also came over the objection of the 10 engineering college department heads, who backed Wright and sought to head off his demotion in a letter to the trustees before they took their vote.

David J. Deming poses with students in Kirkland House after it was announced he would serve as the next dean of Harvard College. Deming will leave his post as Kirkland faculty dean on June 30.

Kartik Balachandran joined the U of A in 2012, immediately after a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, and his own research has focused on building microphysiological systems. He began his ...

The demotion also came over the objection of the 10 engineering college department heads, who backed Wright and sought to head off his demotion in a letter to the trustees before they took their vote.