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COLAB, Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity’s collaborative design laboratory, has announced the completion of restructuring efforts as well as new research appointments. COLAB was initiated in 2008 as an independent entity within the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), with its executive…

Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity announced today the appointment of Maurice Harris as dean of undergraduate admissions. Harris replaces Susan E. Donovan, who retired in August 2010 after more than 35 years of service.

Multimedia journalist Tom Kennedy, who recently joined the faculty of Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will be inducted as the Alexia Tsairis Chair for Documentary Photography in a special ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 21.

Mary Ann Fraser, assistant provost for budgetary affairs in Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity’s Office of Academic Affairs, has announced her retirement, effective Oct. 1, following a distinguished career that spanned more than 30 years at the University.

President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint Menachem Z. Rosensaft to serve on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

Postdoctoral teaching fellow creates an important bridge between Judaic Studies Program and the Department of History. Sarah Wobick-Segev joins Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity faculty.

Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will welcome five new faculty appointments with the start of the 2010-11 academic year.

As of July 1, Senior Associate Provost Kal Alston and Vice President for Business Operations Jena Prideaux McWha will jointly lead the Office of Human Resources.

Andria Costello Staniec, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been named the college’s first associate dean for student affairs.

Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, associate vice president for enrollment management at Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity, has been selected to serve as vice chair on the College Board’s new Advocacy & Policy Center advisory committee.