In Review

The inauguration of Rochester’s next president, Sarah Mangelsdorf, will be celebrated during Meliora Weekend this fall.

The formal installation ceremony will happen on Friday, October 4, as one of the signature events of the annual University celebration, taking place October 3 to 6.

Currently the provost at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Mangelsdorf is an experienced academic leader recognized for her work on issues of academic quality, educational access, and diversity and inclusion at some of the nation’s leading public and private institutions.

Introduced to the University community last December, she will become the first woman to lead Rochester when she succeeds Richard Feldman as the University’s chief executive on July 1.

As provost at Wisconsin, Mangelsdorf serves as the institution’s chief operating officer, with responsibilities that include oversight of all academic programs and budget planning for 12 schools and colleges, including education, business, engineering, and graduate studies, as well as the School of Medicine and Public Health and the School of Nursing, which are affiliated with UW Health, the integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

She is also a professor of psychology who is internationally known for her research on the social and emotional development of infants and young children.

She served as dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University before becoming provost at Wisconsin in 2014.

Mangelsdorf began her academic career at the University of Michigan and in 1991 moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she later was dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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Details of the inauguration will be shared with the University community as the event nears. For updates, visit Rochester.edu/inauguration.