University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart has named Andrew C. Comrie to the permanent post of Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost.

Comrie, who has spent the last two decades at the UA as a professor and administrator, has been serving in the Provost position on an interim basis since August 2012.

Previously, Comrie served as UA Graduate College Dean and Associate Vice President for Research.  Comrie's primary faculty appointment is in the UA School of Geography and Development.

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