To: Senior Administrators
From: Katherine Baicker, Provost
Subject: Court Theatre Leadership Appointment
Date: July 22, 2025

I am delighted to announce the appointment of Avery Willis Hoffman as the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of Court Theatre, effective November 1. In this role, she will shape and implement the theatre’s artistic vision and programming.

To: Senior Administrators
From: Katherine Baicker, Provost
Subject: Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society Reappointment
Date: May 20, 2025

I am delighted to share that Tara Zahra, the Hanna Holborn Gray Professor of East European History and the College, has been reappointed as the Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, effective July 1, 2026.

To: Senior Administrators
From: Paul Alivisatos, President, and Katherine Baicker, Provost
Subject: Law School Dean Appointment
Date: May 7, 2025

To: Members of the University Community 
From: Paul Alivisatos, President, and Katherine Baicker, Provost 
Subject: Announcing the Division of the Arts & Humanities 
Date: April 9, 2025

We are very pleased to share an important milestone in the University of Chicago’s academic evolution. Following nearly a year of consultation and coordination with faculty, staff, and other stakeholders, the University is formally announcing the unification of the Division of the Humanities and UChicago Arts into the new Division of the Arts & Humanities. 

To: BFI Affiliates and Senior Administrators
From: Katherine Baicker, Provost
Subject: Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Leadership Update
Date: March 25, 2025

It is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of John A. List, the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, as director of the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, effective July 1.