In April 2012, the Widener Library at Harvard University began a pilot project to lend dogs to students. Apparently Yale, M.I.T., and the University of Connecticut have similar projects. Thanks, Carol Dickerson!
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Other institutions have done similar things — for example, Dalhousie University had a puppy room in November 2012: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/28/puppy-room-dalhousie-university_n_2205804.html