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Founding Director Finalists

Each candidate presented a research seminar and participate in a public forum. Both were great opportunities for University and external stakeholders to find out more about the candidates. The finalists were on the Twin Cities campus for two days of interviews and the third day at the Duluth campus. Follow the links below to review recordings of the seminars and open forums.

Deborah L. Swackhamer
March 3-5, 2008
Interim Director, Institute on the Environment and Professor,
Environmental Health Sciences (University of Minnesota)
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View Swackhamer's Archived Presentations

Malcolm K. Hughes
March 10-12, 2008
Regents Professor of Dendrochronology, and of Watershed
Management (University of Arizona)
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View Hughes' Archived Presentations

George M. Hornberger
March 24-26, 2008
Ernest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Sciences (University of Virginia)
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View Hornberger's Archived Presentations

Search Details

For more information about the search, including candidate bios, search committee members, and position description, visit the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Office Web site. If you have any questions or suggestions for the search process, please send an e-mail to the search committee chair Professor Efi Foufoula-Georgiou at efi@umn.edu.