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07/04/2008 (08:24PM)
Ursula Burns - Elected to Board of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Ms. Ursula Burns, the President of the Xerox Corporation, was recently elected to the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Burns is responsible for Xerox's global research, development, engineering, marketing and manufacturing of Xerox technology, supplies and related services. She also oversees for the corporation Global Accounts, Information Management, Corporate Strategy, Human Resources and Ethics, and Marketing Operations. Burns joined Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineering summer intern.
07/04/2008 (08:20PM)
Lee D. Baker - Named Dean at Duke University's Trinity College
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Dr. Lee D. Baker was recently named the Dean of Academic Affairs at Duke University's Trinity College. Excerpt: "Lee D. Baker, associate professor of cultural anthropology and African and African American studies at Duke University, has been named dean of academic affairs of Trinity College, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences George L. McLendon announced Monday. Trinity College is Duke’s liberal arts undergraduate college, and more than 80 percent of Duke undergraduates are enrolled in it. The remaining undergraduates are enrolled in the Pratt School of Engineering."
07/04/2008 (08:16PM)
Paula Allen-Meares - Named Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago
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Dr. Paula Allen-Meares was recently named the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Excerpt: "Paula Allen-Meares, dean of the nationally top-ranked school of social work at the University of Michigan, has been selected as the next chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), pending formal approval by the Board of Trustees. The chancellor serves as the executive officer of the UIC campus and reports to the president of the University of Illinois in a system that includes campuses in Urbana-Champaign and Springfield and the university's online Global Campus."

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