Latest gossip on the Harvard president to-be

From today's NY Times: Headhunters at Harvard May Put a Woman in Charge

(I know it's just wild speculation.) Here's an interesting bit:

There are suspicions, on the other hand, that the committee might be leaning toward the selection of a scientist to oversee the expansion of research in stem cells and other cutting-edge science on a new campus to be built in the Allston section of Boston.

That would be nice ...