Hockfield tapped as next provost
Levin has already appointed committee to select next dean of the graduate school
Graduate School Dean Susan Hockfield will become the University's 19th provost Jan. 1, Yale President Richard Levin announced Friday.
Hockfield, the William Edward Gilbert Professor of Neurobiology, has served as dean since 1998. She takes over the position vacated by Alison Richard, who will leave Yale in January following her appointment as vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Levin praised Hockfield's compassion and toughness and said that as dean, she has already built a working relationship with the officers of the University.
"I am pleased...
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