Hockfield named president of MIT
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- University Provost Susan Hockfield was named the 16th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today after the school's governing corporation approved her appointment this morning.
Hockfield said she plans to assume her new post in early December. Her successor will be the fourth major Yale administrator named in 12 months.
A neuroscience professor and former dean of Yale's Graduate School, Hockfield has held the position of Yale's chief academic and financial officer since January 2003.
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