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UR provost stepping down to return to teaching and research
UR provost stepping down to return to teaching and research
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David Figlio, the provost and Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education at the University of Rochester, has announced that this August he will be stepping down from the provost’s role for health reasons.
Figlio, who joined the university in July 2022, plans to take academic leave and then return to his faculty appointment in the Department of Economics in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Warner School of Education. He will also continue as the Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics.
A search for the next provost will begin in the fall, and an announcement of the interim provost is forthcoming, the university stated in a release.
Figlio is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and an internationally recognized economist whose interdisciplinary research spans educational, public and social policy, including the link between health and education.
“I am grateful to David for being a valued colleague and for the multitude of ways that he has helped advance our university in many strategic areas,” said University President Sarah Mangelsdorf.
The university’s provost is the chief academic officer, overseeing five of its main academic units of the School of Arts & Sciences, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Simon Business School and Warner School of Education.
“Serving as provost and chief academic officer of such an exceptional institution as Rochester has been a true privilege,” Figlio said in a release. “It’s been an extremely fulfilling experience to work with and for Sarah Mangelsdorf, and with such talented and thoughtful colleagues, faculty, staff and students who every day contribute positively toward the Meliora mission of making the university, the world and themselves ever better.”
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