A newly delineated role
The Office of the Vice President for Research is relatively new to the University—and its development helps ensure research is equitably valued and prioritized.
In a message to the University community sent in Spring 2021, it was announced that the research enterprise would no longer fall under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Provost. The President remarked that this shift “will allow us to focus intensively in both the academic affairs and research aspects of the University of Rochester’s future.”
Read the news announcement