A replacement has been found for Nicholas Dirks as the next chancellor of University of California, Berkeley. Carol T. Christ is named the new chancellor-designate, pending a vote by the UC Regents this Thursday. If approved, Christ will be the 1st female Cal chancellor and the 11th overall person for the job. She will take over on July 1st, 2017. Dirks announced last year that he will step down as the chancellor once a replacement is found.
“I am delighted that Carol Christ has agreed to lead Berkeley at this pivotal time in the campus’s storied history,” Napolitano said.