University of Virginia Names First Female President: The University of Virginia has named Dr. Teresa Sullivan as its new president starting Aug. 1. She will be the university's eighth president and the first woman to serve in the position. Sullivan, 60, is the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan.
On Monday, the university's Board of Visitors elected Sullivan to succeed President Dr. John Casteen. The 66-year-old Casteen will leave office after 20 years as the school's president. More than 100 candidates were nominated for the job at the university, one of the nation's top public institutions, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.
