URI narrows presidential search to 3

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The University of Rhode Island
presidential search committee has announced three finalists.

The candidates are Sona Karentz Andrews, provost and vice
president for academic affairs and a professor of geosciences at
Boise State University in Idaho; David Dooley, provost and vice
president for academic affairs and a professor of chemistry and
biochemistry at Montana State University; and Robert Newman,
associate vice president for interdisciplinary studies and an
English professor at the University of Utah.

The 15-member committee is searching for a replacement for
Robert Carothers, who is stepping down in June after 18 years.

Committee Chairman Thomas Ryan tells The Providence Journal all
three finalists have executive experience and academic credentials.