From Ann Arbor to Saudia Arabia; Small Medical School Hires Big-Name Researcher; RIT Gets New Provost

THROUGH THE PIPELINE: The booming higher-education sector in the oil-rich Middle East has just claimed one more American academic — Fawwaz T. Ulaby, a professor of engineering and a former vice president for research at the University of Michigan — in its epic search for talent.

What's more, as provost of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Mr. Ulaby will be responsible for drawing about 300 more academics to Saudi Arabia. His main task is to

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