Interim Dean Appointments

It is my pleasure to announce that at its meeting on Monday, June 30, the CUNY Board of Trustees approved two CCNY interim dean appointments: Kevin Foster for the Colin Powell School and Stephen O’Brien for the Division of Science. I am grateful to both of them for agreeing to serve in these important roles, and for their patience in awaiting Board approval before I could make this announcement.

Dean Foster is serving for the second time as Interim Dean, having bridged the gap between Dean Boudreau and Dean Rich from fall of 2016 to spring 2019, and has served as Associate Dean since spring 2019. Dean Foster came to City College in fall 1998 as an Assistant Professor of Economics, and served as Chair of that department from 2013 to 2016. Dean Foster has published on both macro- and micro-economic themes, examining how investor behavior can lead to unexpected outcomes.Date: July 7, 2025.

Dean O’Brien joined City College in 2009 as an Associate Professor of Chemistry (now Chemistry & Biochemistry) and currently serves as the Louis J. Curtman Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Dean O’Brien’s research interests include material science, energy storage and nanotechnology in life sciences. Dean O’Brien has trained 15 PhD students and more than 20 Masters and undergraduate students.

Both Dean Foster and Dean O’Brien will officially begin their Interim Deanships on July 14th.

Please join me in welcoming Deans Foster and O’Brien to these important positions. In Dean Foster’s case we are happy to have an experienced hand come on board for a return engagement. In Dean O’Brien’s case we welcome him to this new role. I look forward to working closely with both of them.

A search for the permanent dean of the Colin Powell School is well under way, and a search for the Dean of Science will commence at the start of the fall semester.

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