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First provost finalist to visit UB today
The first of several finalists in the search for UB’s next provost, including a current UB dean, is scheduled to visit campus today.
Members of the university community can meet Charles F. Zukoski, Eliakim Tarika Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, at 3 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus. Zukoski’s CV may be viewed on the search website.
The other finalists are Arjang A. Assad, dean of the UB School of Management; Joseph Walsh, vice president for research and professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University; and Danny Reibl, Bettie Margaret Smith Chair of Environmental Health Engineering and director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas.
There is a chance that an additional on-campus visit will be scheduled with another candidate; an update will be provided.
The finalists’ CVs may be viewed on the candidates’ page on the search website.
Assad’s on-campus visit is set for March 6; Walsh will visit March 7 and Reible will be on campus March 9.
The finalists’ on-campus visits will include meetings with select UB faculty, members of the senior academic and administrative leadership, staff, students, alumni and volunteers, as well as the public forum with members of the university community. The forums for Assad and Reible will take place from 3-4 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow; the time and location for Walsh’s forum will be announced.
Following each campus visit, the search committee invites input on the candidates from the campus community. Feedback or questions may be directed to the committee at provostsearch@buffalo.edu.
The finalists were whittled from a diverse pool of approximately 60 well-qualified candidates from many top research university. Individuals come from a wide range of disciplines and experience. The search committee, headed by co-chairs Anne B. Curtis, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, and David Felder, Birge-Cary Chair in the Department of Music, conducted confidential off-site interviews with 14 of the strongest candidates, and has recommended three to five candidates to take part in on-campus interviews as finalists.
A new provost is expected to be on board by July.
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