Purdue names new College of Science dean
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Purdue University’s College of Science has a new dean in Lucy Flesch.
Flesch comes in as the Frederick L. Hovde Dean after serving as the senior associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Science for the past five years. She joined Purdue in 2005 as faculty in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
“Her research focuses on understanding how relative tectonic plate motions are accommodated throughout diffusely deforming continental regions where plate tectonic theory breaks down and quantifying the forces involved in driving this deformation,” the university said in a news release.
Flesch received the American Geophysical Union’s Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service in 2022. She succeeds Patrick Wolfe, who was appointed as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity in January.
Other recent college hires include:
- Bernie Engel as the Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture
- James Bullard as the inaugural dean of the Daniels School of Business
- Andrew Mesecar as the director of the Institute for Cancer Research
- Steve Schultz as Senior Vice President and General Counsel
- Adrian Allen as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
- David Reingold as senior vice president for policy planning and Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
- Julie Rosa as Vice President for Communications
- John Gipson as Chief of Staff to Provost and Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Operations