Transitions: Former Michigan State Provost to Lead U. of California at...
Kim A. Wilcox will fill the role once held by Timothy P. White, who now leads the California State University system. Read other job-related news.
View ArticleElizabeth Jones, Harvard Art Conservationist, Dies at 94
Ms. Jones was involved in the effort to preserve and restore the art of Venice after it was damaged by a flood in 1966.
View ArticleTransitions: NSF Officer Takes Job at Johns Hopkins; Connecticut College to...
Antoinette WinklerPrins, formerly of the National Science Foundation, will work in environmental studies at Hopkins. Read other job-related news.
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Digital-Innovation Lab Founder Dies at 88; Recent Buffalo State...
Red Burns led a laboratory at New York University that trained many students for jobs at new-media companies. Read about that and other deaths in higher education.
View ArticleTransitions: People in Academe
Charles McConnell will lead Rice's effort to form partnerships with the energy industry to develop sustainable technologies. See other job-related news.
View ArticleAlbert Bartlett, Physics Professor Who Warned of Impact of Population Growth,...
Mr. Bartlett, who was on the faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder, gave his famous lecture on the subject first in 1969 and repeated it 1,700 times.
View ArticleTransitions: Past President of U. of Maryland University College Goes to...
Susan C. Aldridge has been appointed senior vice president for online learning at Drexel University. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleNew Deans Are Named for U. of California at Davis's Medical School and...
Rhonda Phillips, Purdue's new dean, comes from the honors college at Arizona State University. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleTransitions: Arizona State's Provost to Lead U. of Florida's Online Effort;...
Elizabeth D. Phillips will become executive director of the University of Florida's new online bachelor's-degree program. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleEPA Official to Be New School Dean; Former Surgeon General Gets Endowed Chair
Michelle J. DePass, of the EPA, will lead the international-affairs school at the New School. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleCancer Researcher Moves to Texas A&M; CUNY Finds a Dean of Journalism
And a counselor at CUNY moves to Princeton. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleTransitions: U. of Chicago Official to Succeed Longtime Reed College...
Lorraine Arvin will replace Edwin O. McFarlane, who has held the position at Reed for 35 years. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleTransitions: E. Gordon Gee to Lead Higher-Education Effort in Ohio; Community...
Ohio's governor asked Mr. Gee, who led Ohio State University, to find ways to make college affordable. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleCongressional Advocate of HBCUs Dies at 77; Former Davidson College President...
Major R. Owens, a Democrat who served in Congress from 1983 to 2007, worked to give historically black colleges a direct channel to federal funds.
View ArticleTransitions: U. of Chicago Provost to Lead Caltech; Penn State Gets New...
Thomas Rosenbaum will become president of the California Institute of Technology next July. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleMiddle Georgia State College and Hendrix College Appoint New Presidents
Christopher Blake will lead Middle Georgia, and William M. Tsutsui will lead Hendrix. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleTransitions: Businessman Chosen as Florida Chancellor; U. of Chicago Names...
Marshall M. Criser III, president of AT&T Florida, has been named the sole finalist for the Florida job. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleDoris Lessing and Frederick Sanger, Nobel Laureates, Die in Their 90s
Doris Lessing won her prize in literature, and Frederick Sanger won two prizes in chemistry. Read about that and other deaths in academe.
View ArticleTransitions: U. of Idaho Appoints New President; Kennedy Center President...
Chuck Staben, provost at the University of South Dakota, will lead the University of Idaho. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleTransitions: U. of North Texas About to Choose President; Stanford Recruits...
Neal Smatresk, president of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, is the sole finalist at North Texas. Read about that and other job news.
View ArticleTransitions: U. of Nebraska Taps New Chancellor for Its Medical Center;...
Jeffrey P. Gold will join Nebraska from the University of Toledo, where he led biosciences and health affairs. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleU. of Louisiana System Chooses Provost; NIH Names Associate Director for Data...
The new provost, Karla Hughes, held a similar position at Morehead State University, in Kentucky. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleFormer Congresswoman to Lead Division of Private University System;...
Shelley Berkley is the new chief executive and senior provost of part of the Touro College and University System. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleCharles M. Vest, Former MIT President, Dies at 72
Mr. Vest, who led the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2004, died on December 12. Read about that and other deaths in academe.
View ArticleKent State U. Chooses New President; Lehigh U. Chief to Lead Imperial College...
Beverly J. Warren, provost of Virginia Commonwealth U., will become Kent State's president. Read about that and other job-related news.
View ArticleDartmouth Chooses New Provost; Top Democrat on House Education Committee to...
Carolyn Dever, a dean at Vanderbilt University, will become Dartmouth College's chief academic officer. Read about that and other job-related news.
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