Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily A. Carter will be leaving UCLA in December to focus on climate change mitigation at Princeton University, according to a campuswide email on Monday.
According to the announcement, after Carter’s departure from UCLA, Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel Michael S. Levine will be the interim executive vice chancellor and provost for the rest of the academic year. Levine previously served in this interim position in 2019, following Scott L. Waugh’s decision to step down.
Carter held chemistry and biochemistry faculty positions at UCLA from 1988-2004 before leaving to work at Princeton University from 2004-2019. She served as Princeton’s dean of engineering and applied science from 2016-2019 before returning to UCLA in 2019 to serve as the EVCP.
“It has been an honor to serve as UCLA’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and I am so proud of all we have achieved – from our summer research fellowship program to our commitments to advancing diversity – to move this great institution forward, particularly in the midst of the current pandemic,” she said in an emailed statement. “I am excited for this next chapter, turning my attention back to the pressing issue of climate change mitigation and the important work ahead.”
Chancellor Gene Block said in the announcement that her last day at UCLA will be Dec. 9.
