Cornell Human Ecology Dean Lisa Staiano-Coico named provost at Temple
Senior Associate Dean Alan Mathios will serve as interim dean of the college
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FOR RELEASE: March 23, 2007
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Lisa Staiano-Coico, the dean of Cornell University's College of Human Ecology has accepted the position of provost of Temple University. She will assume her new responsibilities on July 1, 2007.
"Dean Staino-Coico has made significant contributions to Cornell University and the College of Human Ecology. We will miss her energy and passion," said Cornell President David Skorton. "We are thrilled for Lisa and the opportunity this new assignment represents for her."
"Dean Lisa" as she became known on the Ithaca campus, received her doctorate in microbiology and immunology from Cornell's Graduate School of Medical Sciences (now Weill Cornell Medical College) in 1981. After a post-doc at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she joined the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College in 1983, where she ultimately rose to the position of vice provost for medical affairs. She was selected as the Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean of the College of Human Ecology in July 2004.
"Lisa has set the college on a far reaching path of success as the premier institution of its kind," said Cornell Provost Biddy Martin. "Her enthusiasm and commitment played a key role in the growing collaborations between the colleges on the Ithaca campus and the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Becoming the provost of Temple University is a wonderful opportunity, I wish her the very best," Martin said.
"Being a part of the College of Human Ecology has been a tremendous experience, both professionally and personally, and I am ever grateful for it. The expertise of the faculty, the passion of the students and the dedication of the alumni are nothing short of inspirational," said Staiano-Coico. "The integration of scholarship, research and outreach and the drive to constantly redefine the meaning of leadership, discovery and impact through higher education are qualities that distinguish both Human Ecology and Cornell. And while it is certainly difficult to say goodbye after 30 years, I take with me a confidence and strength of purpose honed by being a part of this amazing Cornell community. Thank you."
"I am pleased to inform the campus that Alan Mathios has agreed to lead the College of Human Ecology as Interim Dean," said Martin. As the senior associate dean for academic affairs and undergraduate education for the College of Human Ecology and a distinguished member of Cornell's faculty, Alan has considerable experience with the issues at the college and an appreciation for the broad themes at the university level. He is thus well suited to lead the college in the interim as a search for the new dean gets underway. I am delighted with his appointment." A faculty committee will be convened shortly to begin the search for a new dean of the college.
As Temple's provost, Staiano-Coico will be the university's top academic officer, responsible for Temple's 17 schools and colleges, its undergraduate and graduate programs, and its research enterprise. A public research institution with an enrollment of 35,000 students, Temple is the 27th largest university in the U.S. and among the country's largest providers of professional education.
Dean Staiano-Coico's husband, Richard Coico, most recently Cornell's vice provost for intercampus affairs, has accepted a position on Temple's medical school faculty.
Alan Mathios is currently a professor at Cornell as well as senior associate dean for the College of Human Ecology. He is a member of the Department of Policy Analysis and Management and served as associate chair and director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Consumer Policy and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Consumer Affairs and the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. He is also the project leader on the Merck Co. Foundation Program Consumers, Pharmaceutical Policy and Health. He came to Cornell following six years of employment at the Federal Trade Commission, where he served as a senior staff economist in the Division of Economic Policy Analysis and as an econometrics consultant to the Bureau of Economics. A major focus of his research is on the effect of Food and Drug Administration regulatory policies on consumer and firm behavior. His research also focuses on government tax and advertising policies and their impact on smoking onset and cessation. His research has been funded by a variety of sources including the National Cancer Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Merck Foundation Co. He has been the recipient of a number of teaching and advising awards including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Cornell University Kendal S. Carpenter Advising Award. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
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