Harvard names vice provost for research
Harvard University Provost Alan Garber today announced the appointment of a nationally recognized leader in interdisciplinary science, research, and entrepreneurship to serve as the University’s vice provost for research. Prominent chemist Richard McCullough, currently vice president for research at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, will assume his new post on Oct. 15. His portfolio will include interdisciplinary research, research administration and policy, and research funding. “Richard McCullough will be in a special position at a unique moment to cultivate high-impact academic research in the 21st century, as he stimulates, coordinates, and supports research on campus,” Garber said. “He will work with the deans and faculty, the executive vice president, and me to remove barriers to collaboration wherever they are found — whether in University policies or financial and administrative systems. He will be responsible for developing structures to support new cross-School research initiatives as they are brought forward by the Schools, and...