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Interim provost named
by Jamie Freed
News | 2/18/03
Posted online at 11:51 AM EST on 2/18/03
Friday, President Jehuda Reinharz announced the appointment of Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, Ph.D. '81 as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs pro tempore. This follows the departure of former provost Melvin Bernstein earlier this month.
As provost pro tempore, Krauss has agreed to serve as acting provost until the end of the semester. No arrangements for a search for a permanent provost have yet been made, according to John Hose, executive assistant to the president. "These matters are under consideration. (Reinharz) is weighing them, but has reached no conclusion as of yet," he said.
Krauss is the associate dean for faculty and academic programs at the Heller School. While she serves as provost pro tempore, she plans to maintain an office there. "I'm still teaching a course in the Sociology department and I still have two very active research projects, and most of the people I work with on those projects are at the Heller School, so I'll need to be back and forth," she said. "That's where my world is; where my books are, my papers."
Krauss has also moved into Bernstein's old office. Reinharz's Jan. 31 e-mail announcing Bernstein's departure said Bernstein will "assume the status of senior vice president for academic and research policy and professor of chemistry for the remainder of the spring semester." Bernstein no longer has an office on campus, and Krauss said she did not know what sort of arrangements had been made for Bernstein to provide the "consulting services for the University," as discussed in Reinharz's e-mail.
According to Prof. David Gil (HS), Bernstein was under a five-year contract with the University, but the specifics of that contract or possible settlement cannot be revealed for legal reasons. "None of these details can be made public," he said. "It would be illegal."
Krauss' appointment was officially announced on Friday, but Reinharz asked her to serve as provost pro tempore on Monday, Feb. 10. "I was very flattered and honored, and as a citizen of the University, I had a difficult time not agreeing to serve for the four months he was asking me to serve," she said.
As provost pro tempore, Krauss has agreed to serve as acting provost until the end of the semester. No arrangements for a search for a permanent provost have yet been made, according to John Hose, executive assistant to the president. "These matters are under consideration. (Reinharz) is weighing them, but has reached no conclusion as of yet," he said.
Krauss is the associate dean for faculty and academic programs at the Heller School. While she serves as provost pro tempore, she plans to maintain an office there. "I'm still teaching a course in the Sociology department and I still have two very active research projects, and most of the people I work with on those projects are at the Heller School, so I'll need to be back and forth," she said. "That's where my world is; where my books are, my papers."
Krauss has also moved into Bernstein's old office. Reinharz's Jan. 31 e-mail announcing Bernstein's departure said Bernstein will "assume the status of senior vice president for academic and research policy and professor of chemistry for the remainder of the spring semester." Bernstein no longer has an office on campus, and Krauss said she did not know what sort of arrangements had been made for Bernstein to provide the "consulting services for the University," as discussed in Reinharz's e-mail.
According to Prof. David Gil (HS), Bernstein was under a five-year contract with the University, but the specifics of that contract or possible settlement cannot be revealed for legal reasons. "None of these details can be made public," he said. "It would be illegal."
Krauss' appointment was officially announced on Friday, but Reinharz asked her to serve as provost pro tempore on Monday, Feb. 10. "I was very flattered and honored, and as a citizen of the University, I had a difficult time not agreeing to serve for the four months he was asking me to serve," she said.
