Dear fellow members of the Columbia community:
This is a very brief but highly important announcement. I write to say that I have asked Ira Katznelson to continue serving as Provost through the calendar year, and he has agreed. Under the present circumstances, this is enormously vital to the institution, and we are extremely fortunate to have in Ira a remarkably distinguished scholar and teacher who knows and cares about the University as much as anyone in the world, who is a friend and colleague of exceptional intellectual grace and warmth, and who is working tirelessly to help us address the COVID-19 crisis. When circumstances permit, I will write more about what I am thinking for the long term.
Sincerely,
Lee C. Bollinger
