Dean, Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science New York University

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New York University, the largest private university in the United States, seeks a Dean for the Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science, a newly formed school (“Courant”) with a renowned institutional history. The University invites applications and nominations for a Dean with a dynamic vision, high academic standards, the ability to collaborate across the institution, and strategic skills to build on Courant’s impressive trajectory and leverage the spirit of innovation and excellence that defines Courant.

 

The creation of the Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science represents the next chapter in NYU’s longtime preeminence in computer science, data sciences, and mathematics. With science and technology as a major strategic priority for NYU, the Courant Institute School will build on areas of renowned strength and further accelerate the University’s rise in research and innovation. The School will prepare students more broadly for careers in mathematical and computational fields; contribute to the growth of the tech sector in New York and across the world; and accelerate NYU’s ascent as a national leader in scientific and technological impact.

 

The Dean serves as an integral part of NYU’s senior leadership team. The Dean reports directly to the President and Provost; moreover, in order to ensure optimal alignments across Science and Tech, one of the University’s strategic pathways, the Dean also has a reporting relationship to the Executive Vice President for Global Science and Technology. In addition to academic leadership, the Dean has oversight of Courant finances and staff and participates actively in development. The successful candidate will be a distinguished scholar of international stature, demonstrating a compelling vision for the future of computational, data, and mathematical sciences, and bringing proven administrative and fundraising abilities through experience in a significant leadership role.

 

ABOUT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

In 1831, NYU’s founders set out to create a new kind of university, one that matched New York City’s growing demands and demographics; a university that was different by design and open to all. NYU has soared since then — in reputation, academic breadth and depth, and cosmopolitanism. No other university engages the world like NYU does, with its own campuses, faculty members, students, and staff generating knowledge and discoveries in intellectual hubs around the globe. NYU is an unmatched leader in global education.

 

Today, that trailblazing spirit makes NYU one of the most prominent and respected research universities in the world. Anchored in New York City, NYU is adventurous and ambitious. It rewards entrepreneurship, inspires philanthropy, and is determined to continue its remarkable upward trajectory. At the heart of the University are its more than 3,000 full-time faculty whose research and teaching have placed them at the forefront of their disciplines and its dedicated staff. Among the faculty at NYU are Nobel laureates and Abel laureates; Guggenheim Fellows and MacArthur Fellows; Academy Award, Tony Award, and Emmy Award winners; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators; members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Inventors, the National Academy of Engineering and the Turing Award; and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Humanities Medal, the National Medal of Science, and the National Medal of Technology.

 

The research enterprise at NYU has achieved new heights, nearly tripling since 2014 to $1.5 billion in annual R&D expenditures in FY 2024, making NYU the fastest-growing research university among its peers. Per the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) report, NYU’s research expenditures rank it as the top research university in New York City, the seventh among private universities nationally, and among the top 20 institutions in the U.S. NYU is a top producer of patents and revenue from licensing among US universities.

 

As the largest private research university in the US, NYU provides a rigorous education to over 60,000 students. For 16 straight years, NYU has been a “dream school,” a