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AROUND THE QUADS

TRANSITIONS

ROBINSON

Mary Robinson, the first female president of Ireland and, more recently, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, joined the Columbia faculty this spring as professor of practice in the School of International and Public Affairs, teaching a course on human rights and globalization. She also will serve as an adviser to the Earth Institute on a broad range of international development issues and as a senior research scholar at the Law School’s Human Rights Institute.

Robinson, who was Ireland’s president from 1990–97, was described by Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger as “one of the most dynamic world leaders of our times — a true humanitarian who has spent her career advancing human rights and the principles of inclusiveness. With her extensive diplomative experience and years of work on ethical globalization, she will be a tremendous resource and an inspiration as we build on programs of international education.”

LEEBRON

David W. Leebron will leave his post as dean of the Law School in June to become president of Rice University in Houston. Leebron has been a faculty member at Columbia since 1989 and dean of the Law School since 1996, during which time he oversaw improvements in facilities, admissions and recruitment and retention of faculty.

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