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AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

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Levine who has led the organization since 2002. Chavous, currently vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan, brings more than 25 years of experience as a scholar, researcher, and academic administrator to the position. Our work is needed now more than ever."

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Boston College Names Father Jack Butler as 26th President

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Butler, who currently serves as the Haub Vice President for University Mission and Ministry, will succeed William P. Board Chair John Fish praised Butler as "a dynamic leader, proven bridgebuilder, and problem-solver who understands the University's strengths and aspirations." Leahy, S.J., when he steps down in summer 2026.

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Dr. Daniela Rus, MIT

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Rus is a Class of 2002 MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of ACM, AAAI and IEEE, a member of the National Academy of Engineers, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University. Russ research interests are in robotics, mobile computing, and data science.

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Bunker Hill Community College Suspends Summer Study Abroad Programs

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Harvard and other local universities have implemented hiring freezes for similar reasons. According to Scott Benjamin, a biology professor who has led the Costa Rica trip since 2002, some international students had planned to participate in study abroad this summer. Bunker Hill's decision stemmed primarily from concerns about non-U.S.

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Patter by Pat Thomson

I’m half way through Mieke Bal’s (2002) Travelling concepts in the humanities. I’ve also been dipping in and out of Laura Micchiche’s (2017) Acknowledging writing partners (University Press of Colorado, Boulder) which I first bought because it had a chapter on writing with animal companions. Princeton University Press.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

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Ben Vinson III will become president of Howard University, effective Sept. Dr. Ben Vinson III Vinson – a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America – is currently provost at Case Western Reserve University. Howard, as a school, has “serious momentum,” and will rise to the upper echelon of research universities, Vinson said.

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KAVITA BALA

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Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University has been named the university’s 17th provost. She arrived at Cornell in 1999 as a postdoctoral researcher and became an assistant professor of computer science in 2002. Kavita Bala Kavita Bala, currently the dean of the Cornell Ann S.