Thursday, March 19, 2015

NYU has a new president


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The Board of Trustees of New York University today announced the appointment of Vice Chancellor Andrew Hamilton — the University of Oxford’s senior officer, a noted chemist, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the former Provost of Yale — as the 16th president of New York University. He will officially take up his duties in January 2016.

Professor Hamilton’s selection follows an eight-month, international search process conducted by a Search Committee of trustees, faculty, students, and administrators. The Committee — which began the search with over 200 nominees — unanimously recommended Professor Hamilton to the Board of Trustees. (NYU official new release)

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CAS senior and student member of the Presidential Search Committee Jules O’Connor said she was confident the committee had made the right choice.

“I think that he will do great things at the university and the whole committee really felt that throughout the entire process he was really the one who encompassed a lot of the qualities, if not every quality, that we were looking for: a strong leader, a great visionary, someone who is really willing and able to keep moving the university forward,” O’Connor said. (Washington Square News)

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When the new president, Andrew Hamilton, leaves his post at Oxford University to join N.Y.U. in January, he will be walking into a set of complex challenges. He will be leading a university with aggressive expansion plans, both internationally and in New York, where those plans are tied up in a court battle. (The New York Times)

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Andrew Berman, the director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and a critic of Mr. Sexton’s expansion plans, expressed cautious optimism.

“Relations between NYU and its neighbors are at an all-time low, largely over issues related to the university’s drive to expand,” he said. “It’s hard to imagine there’s any place to go but up.” (The Wall Street Journal)
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14 comments:

  1. mattMarch 19, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    Interesting comments regarding high tuition from this new president while at a previous position.

    http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/08/oxford-vice-chancellor-university-tuition-fees?CMP=share_btn_fb

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  2. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 11:06 AM

    USD12,000 for Oxford versus USD50,000 for NYU? I think Oxford needs to stop giving it away for free.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 11:17 AM

    Cool. He's sort of the neighborhood president too.

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  4. Ken from Ken's KitchenMarch 19, 2015 at 11:32 AM

    Why would a real estate operation like NYU hire a "noted chemist" to run things? Maybe they plan to put something in the chardonnay at the next Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation meetup.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 1:20 PM

    Ken, Wasn't that an early album by The Kinks?

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  6. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 1:22 PM

    Hopefully he will protect the red tailed hawks that have a nest outside the President's office window.

    You can follow the hawks' lives via this blog:
    http://rogerpaw.blogspot.com/

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  7. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 2:24 PM

    Re The Kinks:
    http://gvshp.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-kinks-when-rock-n-roll-met-preservation/

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  8. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 5:10 PM

    Maybe someone can ceremoniously kick him in the balls, as sort of a "welcome to the neighborhood" gesture.

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  9. shanaelyseMarch 19, 2015 at 6:28 PM

    As an NYU alum (of nearly 20 years, sheesh, time flies when you're watching all your favorite places close), I'm hoping this is a step in the right direction. Noted chemist, trained monkey, superb Little League pitcher, no matter--this can only be good news. I have a hard time thinking of who could possibly be worse than John Sexton. Maybe Steve Croman...

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  10. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 7:51 PM

    @11:06am: I believe Oxford's tuition is capped by the UK gov't.

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  11. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 9:09 PM

    Yet, similar to Bloomberg damage, Sexton's aftermath will take years to clean up.

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  12. GiovanniMarch 19, 2015 at 9:20 PM

    This is so Downton Abbey. Now that the new President of NYU hs a real English accent, all those NYU students trying to sound like a Brit with their fake English accents will have a real live role model to imitate. I can't wait for NYU afternoon teatime and Cricket matches to begin. Pass the scones, Jeeves!

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  13. Crazy EddieMarch 20, 2015 at 12:00 AM

    Giovanni, speaking of Downton Abbey, here’s hoping that Hamilton doesn’t go “Schock” on us with his office.

    Oh well, it is NYU, so what the F, why not?

    About 45 seconds in. Check it out.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh4LikiGBrQ

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  14. GiovanniMarch 20, 2015 at 10:12 AM

    @Crazy Eddie, that's a Woody Allen classic! The only question for NYU now is who is going to get screwed? (That's a rhetorical question of course).

    Tony Randall: I don't know if we're gonna make it or not, doesn't look too good.

    The Girl: I'm a graduate of New York University.

    Tony Randall: We're gonna make it.

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