Frances E. Lund was named to the Charles H. McCauley Endowed Chair in Microbiology at the University of Alabama Birmingham. She will also chair the department of microbiology. Since 2008, Dr. Lund has been a professor in the department of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester.
Dr. Lund is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She holds a Ph.D. in microbiology from Duke University.
Anne L. Alstott was appointed the Jacquin D. Bierman Professor of Taxation at Yale Law School. She was a member of the faculty at Yale Law from 1997 to 2008 and served twice as deputy dean. For the past three years she has been the Manley O. Hudson Professor at Harvard Law School. She is the author of No Exit: What Parents Owe Children and What Society Owes Parents (Oxford University Press, 2004) and coauthor of The Stakeholder Society (Yale University Press, 1999).
Professor Alstott is a summa cum laude graduate of Georgetown University and earned her law degree at Yale.
Dr. Geneco comes to her new role from Tufts University in Massachusetts, where she has served as provost for the past four years. She is slated become the University at Buffalo's first woman president on August 10.
The new presidents are Laurie A. Boeding at the Technical College of the Lowcountry and Melissa Frank-Alston at Northeastern Technical College. Both women are expected to begin their presidencies on July 1.
Dr. McEwen comes to her new appointment following four years as president and vice chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Earlier, she served in several leadership roles at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She received some of her education in the United States.
The new provosts are Barbara Rodriguez at the University of New Mexico, Bridget Chalk at Manhattan University in New York, and Jaci Lederman at Vincennes University in Indiana. All three women had been serving as their university's interim provost.
Dr. Howard joins Spelman from Ohio State University, where she has been serving as dean of the College of Engineering. She is a nationally recognized expert in robotics, artificial intelligence, and human-centered technology.