Office Of The Provost

Eugene Levy Rice University, a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, aspires to pathbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of the world. The University seeks to fulfill this mission by cultivating a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the range of human endeavor.

The Provost is the chief academic officer of the University. The mission of the Provost’s Office is to promote and support excellence in all dimensions of the University's academic, research, scholarly and creative programs and activities. The Provost works with the University’s deans, as well as a team of Vice and Associate Provosts in fulfilling the academic leadership and administrative roles of the University and Provost’s Office. The Provost is a member of the University’s major planning and academic committees, including the Strategic Planning and Budget Priorities Committee, and serves ex officio as a member of the Faculty Senate.

The Provost – on the advice of deans, the faculties of the academic units, and the University Promotion and Tenure Committee, which the Provost chairs – makes recommendations on all faculty appointments, promotions and tenure to the President, subject to ultimate ratification by the Board of Trustees. Eugene H. Levy became the Howard R. Hughes Provost and Professor of Physics and Astronomy for Rice University in July, 2000. [more...]

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Office Of The Provost