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AROUND THE QUADS
Michael M. Crow, executive vice provost, has been named
president of Arizona State University. Crow, a professor of science
and technology policy at SIPA, has been at Columbia since 1992 and
has spearheaded some of the University’s most innovative
programs, including the Columbia Earth Institute and the
University’s digital learning initiatives. Before moving into
his current position in 1998, Crow held other administrative
positions at Columbia: vice provost of the University, vice provost
for research, and associate vice provost for science and
engineering. Crow has been a consultant for This is not the first time that Crow has been considered for a
university presidency. Last January, he was listed as a finalist
for the presidency of his alma mater, Iowa State. As executive vice provost, Crow oversaw Columbia’s
research enterprise, technology and innovation transfer operations,
strategic initiative program, interdisciplinary program development
and an assortment of special projects. Under his leadership,
Columbia, through Science and Technology Ventures (formerly known
as Columbia Innovation Enterprise), has consistently ranked at or
near the top of universities nationally in the amount of income it
receives in patent and license revenue. In the most recent
rankings, Columbia was second only to the entire University of
California system. Crow was instrumental in developing Columbia’s three-part
digital, online education strategy, encompassing the Columbia
Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, Columbia Digital
Knowledge Ventures, and Fathom, to enhance campus-based learning at
the University and to disseminate the expertise of the Columbia
faculty to a wider audience. Crow also played the lead role in the
creation of the Earth Institute, a leader in earth systems teaching
and research, and helped found Columbia’s Center for Science,
Policy and Outcomes in Washington, D.C., an intellectual center
dedicated to linking science and technology to desired social,
economic, environmental and other outcomes. “With vision and a seemingly inexhaustible reserve of
energy, Crow has helped Columbia anticipate and take best advantage
of the trends that are reshaping American research
universities,” said President George Rupp. “He has been
a great colleague, and his contributions to the University,
especially in environmental studies, science policy and digital
learning technologies, will be felt at Columbia for many years to
come. Arizona State University has made an excellent choice. He
will be greatly missed, but I wish him great success in this new
endeavor.”
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