Michael Sipser named interim dean of the School of Science

Michael Sipser, the Barton L. Weller Professor of Mathematics and head of the Department of Mathematics since 2004, has been named interim dean of the School of Science, effective Dec. 16. Sipser succeeds Marc Kastner, the Donner Professor of Physics, who was recently nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the Department of Energy's Office of Science. A faculty search committee will work to identify a permanent dean. "We are grateful to Mike Sipser for his willingness to accept this role an...