Dulac, Feldman, and Vafa appointed University Professors
Senior Fellow Catherine Dulac, Chair Noah Feldman, and former Junior Fellow Cumrun Vafa were recognized with appointments as University Professors, the highest distinction a faculty member can receive at the University. The title was created in 1935 to honor individuals whose groundbreaking work crosses the boundaries of multiple disciplines, allowing them to pursue research at any of Harvard’s Schools.
- Dulac, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator who was most recently the Samuel W. Morris University Professor, will now be the Xander University Professor. The professorship was created for “an eminent scholar whose work focuses on new or emerging areas of scientific inquiry, especially areas at the intersection or interstices of existing scientific disciplines and fields.” Dulac succeeds Douglas Melton, who remains at Harvard as Catalyst Professor.
- Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, chair of the Society of Fellows, and founding director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law, has been named the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor. The appointment honors a scholar in the humanities.
- Vafa, the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy and chair of the Department of Physics, has been appointed the Timken University Professor. The appointment was established to honor a distinguished scholar in any field of science.
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