May 2, 2008

American U. in Cairo Names a Provost; U. of Missouri at Columbia Fills Kenneth L. Lay Chair in Economics; Voorhees College Chooses a President

By ANDREW MILLS, DAVID GLENN, and EUGENE MCCORMACK

DESERT DREAMS: The American University in Cairo has named Lisa Anderson, former dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a specialist on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa, as its next provost.

Ms. Anderson, 57, who spent a decade in the deanship at Columbia, will take up her new post as the American University moves from central Cairo to a brand-new $400-million campus on the bustling city's outskirts.

At Columbia, Ms.

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