MIT has announced the election of cell biologist and Duke University president Sally Kornbruce as its new president. She will become her second female dean at the university, joining her long list of top female leaders. The president, president, dean of science, and chair of her MIT Corporation, the governing body of the school, are all women.
The company elected Dr. Kornbluth, 61, to the post Thursday morning, and she will become president on Jan. 1, 2023, succeeding L. Rafael Leaf, who announced in February that he would be stepping down after 10 years at the company. becomes. steering the university.
It’s high season for the changing of the guard at colleges. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) was one of the first to fill vacancies, but more prominent universities such as Harvard University, Howard University, New York University, and Columbia University are also searching for presidential candidates. .Dartmouth said in his July that Sian Leah Beilock, president of Barnard College, will be the next leader. These searches are taking place at a time when universities are emerging from the crisis of a pandemic and addressing growing concerns about diversity and positive behavior.
Lee Bollinger, the president of Columbia University for the past 21 years, will retire at the end of next academic year. Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, a Howard-trained surgeon who took over as interim president in 2013, will retire in 2024.