Dartmouth provost to step down

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., left, listens to Dartmouth Professor David Kotz speak during a discussion about Russian interference in American politics and cybersecurity at Dartmouth College's Alumni Hall in Hanover, N.H., on Feb. 20, 2018. Shaheen visited Dartmouth on Tuesday to warn about the danger Russia's online influence campaign still poses to the United States. (Valley News - Carly Geraci) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News file photo Carly Geraci

Published: 10-21-2024 6:31 PM

HANOVER — David Kotz will step down from his role as Dartmouth’s provost at the end of the academic year in June, the college announced last week.

Kotz, a computer science professor, plans to stay on the faculty and continue his research in security and privacy in smart homes and wireless networks.

He has held the permanent position of provost, the college’s chief academic and budget officer, since January 2022. He previously held the post on an interim basis in 2017 and 2018 and then again in July of 2021, until his appointment to the permanent position.

He replaced Joseph Helble, a former dean at the Thayer School of Engineering, who left the Dartmouth provost job in 2021 to become president of Lehigh University.

While provost, Kotz guided the creation of Commitment to Care — Dartmouth’s student mental health and well-being strategic plan — and the ongoing redesign of the Hopkins Center for the Arts, expected to be completed next fall.

He is currently co-leading the Arts and Sciences Future project, a proposed new organizational and budgetary structure to strengthen the arts and sciences at Dartmouth.

Government professor Brendan Nyhan is leading an advisory committee to conduct the search for a new provost.

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