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Provost Delivers State of University Address

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In a speech that was at times solemn and at others lighthearted, Provost Biddy Martin discussed Cornell’s role within higher education yesterday afternoon in Call Auditorium. Her second annual Academic State of the University focused on how Cornell stacks up against the trends in what she called “the golden age” of higher education.
Last year Martin focused on many of the challenges that Cornell faced, including the replacement of retiring faculty, making innovative changes to the curriculum and insuring diversity in all facets of the University.

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C.U. Creates New Vice Provost Position, Appoints Paau

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Alan Paau, assistant vice chancellor for technology transfer and intellectual property services at the University of California at San Diego, has been named vice provost for technology transfer and economic development and the executive director of the Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise and Commercialization, the University announced yesterday.

Paau, who has been the leader of the technology transfer office at UCSD since 1998, will be the first person to hold this new vice provost title at Cornell.