Brown has just announced that CS's Andy van Dam has been named Vice President for Research. This is a new position at Brown, and we're heartened and extremely pleased that Andy'll be the one to start it off. We're even more pleased that, in spite of this new position, Andy will continue to teach his accustomed CS courses and to be the presence in the CS department that he has always been.

An excerpt from the Provost's announcement of Andy's appointment follows.

Improving the University's research infrastructure is critical at a time when ...