The Provost is Dartmouth's chief academic officer and chief budget officer, directly responsible for overseeing the overall academic integrity of the entire institution and for those operations transcending the work of a single faculty.
James Dobson, associate professor of English and creative writing and director of the Writing Program, has been appointed special advisor to the provost for artificial intelligence for the 2024-25 academic year.
Kenya Tyson, who since 2022 has served as senior associate provost, has been named vice provost for strategic initiatives, Provost David Kotz ’86 has announced. She officially began in the role on July 1.
As more faculty and students harness the power of technology, Provost David Kotz ’86 has centralized the work of a cadre of learning designers, media specialists, and educational technologists to help faculty support learning in ways that would have been barely imaginable a decade ago.
CFI is one of several key pillars of Dartmouth’s commitment to meaningful action to address climate change and sustainability—a priority that President Sian Leah Beilock outlined in her Inaugural address in September, pledging an aggressive push for the campus to achieve real carbon zero and to become a world leader in developing innovative, sustainable, and human-centered cold-weather climate solutions.
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