"As chief academic officer, (Miranda) provided stability and strong, calm guidance for our faculty, staff and students during this unprecedented pandemic, all while advancing the academic mission of the university," Jenkins said in a news release.
She is also founding director of Notre Dame's Children's Environmental Health Initiative. The outgoing provost has been a key figure in the university's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and serves as lead scientist for the Indiana COVID-19 Registry, an Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute partnership between IU, Purdue and Notre Dame. Miranda served for four years as dean of the University of Michigan's School of Natural resources and Environment and another four years as provost at Rice University before coming to Notre Dame. John Jenkins who will share recommendations with the Board of Trustees.Ĭhris Maziar, the university's vice president and senior associate provost, will serve as interim provost as the committee seeks to fill Miranda's position. The committee is expected to consult with the campus community, seek nominations and make a recommendation to Notre Dame President the Rev. University policy states Notre Dame's president should form and chair a search committee including faculty and a student representative. Notre Dame officials will conduct a search for its next provost.
Vaccine update: Notre Dame requires students to get COVID-19 booster Miranda will remain a tenured member of the Notre Dame faculty and said she feels "compelled to work more directly on the issue about which I am most passionate." "As I suspect is true for many of you, the pandemic has prompted me to reflect on how I want to engage in building a post-pandemic world." "The past 20 months have been so very difficult around the world, especially for those most vulnerable," Miranda wrote in a letter to the campus community. 31, according to a news release from the university. Miranda is the university's fifth provost and began her tenure July 1, 2020. The provost, a position established at Notre Dame in 1970, is elected by the board of trustees and is responsible for all academic affairs. SOUTH BEND - University of Notre Dame Provost Marie Lynn Miranda announced Thursday she will step down after a year and a half as the university's second-ranking officer.
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