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EMPOWERED

Kenneth J. Knuckles, v.p. of support services at the University and vice chairman of the New York City Planning Commission, has left Columbia to become president and chief executive of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone. Knuckles, who remains on the planning commission, has worked for various city agencies since 1977. He was a commissioner of general services in the administration of Mayor David N. Dinkins, a deputy Bronx borough president and a senior v.p. of the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp., a program similar to the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.

Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the New York City Partnership, said Knuckles had the political and technical skills needed to make the program, which is intended to stimulate business development in Harlem and Washington Heights, run smoothly. “He’s been in the trenches for many years,” Wylde said. “He knows the boroughs, he knows the city, and he knows the game.”

RETURNING

R. Glenn Hubbard, Russell L. Carson professor of finance and economics, announced in January that he is leaving his post as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and returning to teach at the Business School. Hubbard has taught at Columbia since 1988, and while he mainly works at the Business School, he has held a joint position in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 1997. A member of the Bush administration since February 2001, Hubbard focused on the president’s tax cut programs.

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