He
lene Dillard was appointed dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis. She has been serving as associate dean and director of the Cooperative Extension program at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She will take on her new role on January 27.
Dr. Dillard is a native Californian and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She holds a master’s degree in soil science and a Ph.D. in plant pathology from the University of California, Davis. She joined the Cornell University faculty in 1984. Her research focuses on fungal diseases in vegetable crops.
Nancy Cox was promoted to dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the University of Kentucky. Since 2001, she has been serving as associate dean of research at the college. Previously, she served on the faculty at Mississippi State University. Her research is focused on the reproductive physiology of farm animals.
Dr. Cox is a graduate of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in animal physiology from North Carolina State University.