U-M professor will serve as interim SNRE dean

ANN ARBOR-Professor Daniel G. Brown will serve as the interim dean at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment beginning June 1. The Board of Regents approved his appointment Thursday for a 13-month term. Provost Martha Pollack recommended Brown for the position to replace Dean Marie Lynn Miranda, who leaves the university to become provost at Rice University. In making her recommendation, Pollack said of Brown, "He is one of the most distinguished scholars and educators in SNRE. With his years of experience as a faculty member and his knowledge of SNRE's administration gained through service as associate dean for research, I am confident that SNRE will maintain its momentum during this interim period." In addition to his professorship, Brown is the director of SNRE's environmental spatial analysis laboratory, director of the Rackham Graduate Certificate in Spatial Analysis, of SNRE's environmental informatics program, and a research professor at the Survey Research Center in the Institute for Social Research. "I am honored to have the opportunity to serve SNRE and the university in this capacity," Brown said. "Dean Miranda's leadership leaves SNRE in a strong position, and I look forward to working with Provost Pollack and the entire SNRE community during this period of transition.