Yale University on Thursday announced that it had named Peter Salovey, who has been the institution’s provost since 2008, to succeed Richard C. Levin as president. Mr. Salovey, a professor of psychology, joined the Yale faculty in 1986 and has served in a variety of administrative roles there. His research focuses on how moods and emotions influence human behavior. In a written statement on the appointment, Edward P. Bass, senior fellow of the Yale Corporation, the university’s governing body, praised Mr. Salovey’s “profound understanding” of the university as well as his “great ambitions” for its future. Mr. Levin announced in August that he would step down after two decades in office.
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