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Bloom succeeds Simon at DKU
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AL Bloom, the founding vice chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi and former president of Swarthmore College, will become the next executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University, Duke Provost and DKU board chair Sally A. Kornbluth has announced.
Bloom will be the principal academic, administrative and external affairs officer for DKU, an independent, joint venture between Duke, Wuhan University and the city of Kunshan. Bloom will succeed Denis Simon, who has served in the role since July 1, 2015.
“We are remarkably fortunate to have secured Al’s leadership for DKU,” said Kornbluth.
“He has unparalleled experience in higher education and an unbridled enthusiasm for leading DKU in the next phase of its development. His longstanding interests in China, in global education and in the transformative role of liberal arts make him the ideal leader for DKU.”
As founding vice chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi from 2008 to 2019, Bloom directed the planning, development and operations of one of the most successful international higher education ventures in recent years.
Under his leadership, NYU Abu Dhabi grew to enroll nearly 1,500 students from 115 countries and regions, recruited more than 300 research and teaching faculty from around the world and, since its first graduating class in 2014, saw 14 students selected as Rhodes scholars.
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