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Carson appointed dean of
Natural Sciences
BY B.J. ALMOND
Rice News staff
Dr. Daniel Carson, currently the Trustees Distinguished Professor and chair of
the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been
appointed dean of Rice University's Wiess School of Natural Sciences, effective
January 1, 2009. He will succeed Kathleen Matthews when she relinquishes
the position after serving as dean for 10 years.
At the University of Delaware, Carson led a $25 million renovation of the
building that houses the Department of Biological Sciences, creation of the
Center for Translational Cancer Research Core Facility, comprehensive revision
of the undergraduate curriculum and organization of the undergraduate research
program. Carson also established the Human Health Initiative in the state of
Delaware -- a collaboration among the University of Delaware, Nemours Research
Institute, Christiana Hospital System/Graham Cancer Center, Delaware Technical
College, Delaware State University and Thomas Jefferson University.
Prior to the University of Delaware, Carson was on the faculty at the U.T. M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, where he also served on the steering committee for the
Texas Forum on Female Reproduction and chaired the Serono Symposium on Embryo
Implantation: Cellular, Molecular and Clinical Aspects. He holds a B.S.
from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from Temple University.