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Novartis’s new east campus courtyard will be accessible 7 days a week, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.

Kick-Ass at Comic-Con

A zombie cosplayer roams the halls of the San Diego Convention Center.

Convention-goers flood the expo floor on preview night, the start of Comic-Con.

An anthropomorphic saber-tooth tiger growls at passerby at Comic-Con.

A new life sciences and office building at 300 Mass. Ave. next to Random Hall, to be occupied by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, pictured above. The city council’s vote to approve the building was postponed to Aug. 6. Som...

Cosplayers dressed as Amon and Chief Lin Beifong from The Legend of Korra pose for the camera.

Cast and creators of Firefly speak to fans at San Diego Comic-Con 2012.

Earthworm Jim at Comic-Con.

A mural on Comic-Con’s expo floor features Cartoon Network characters old and new.

A stormtrooper holds a convention-goer hostage for the paparazzi.

A convention-goer shows off her replica of Chell’s Long Fall Boots from Portal 2.

A Predator sculpture terrorizes the convention floor.