Meet President Faust’s Mysterious New Puppy

Everyone loves a good puppy study break. Life at Harvard is stressful, and nothing says relaxation like a small four-legged animal with a wet nose and an unpredictable bladder. No one knows this better than University President Drew G. Faust.

In an interview with the Harvard Gazette, that other Harvard publication that works its way into your email inbox every morning, Faust revealed that she had recently adopted a panicked, dependent mammal that may vomit all over the carpet. (No, we’re not talking about the freshmen who share Massachusetts Hall with Faust every year).

In case you didn’t get it, Faust got a puppy.

The president of the wealthiest university in the world adopted Alice, as she dubbed the dog, from a shelter at four months old. Faust admits that she is “not sure of her origins.”

“I want to get a dog DNA test and try to figure out what she is,” Faust told the Gazette.

But this isn’t wonderland, folks. This is Harvard, Faust is a president, and that can only mean one thing: this dog means business.

“She is some kind of hunter. She points. I think she might be some kind of herder because she also herds. You know how they get down and look, she does that,” Faust said.