Lehman

Jeffrey S. Lehman, a former president of Cornell (2003-05) and former dean of the University of Michigan Law School, has been named vice chancellor of NYU Shanghai, effective this summer. As such, he will be the chief executive of NYU Shanghai, in charge of all academic and administrative operations.

New York University announced the creation of NYU Shanghai -- a comprehensive liberal arts and sciences research university -- in March 2011. Along with NYU's campuses in New York and Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai is one of the three degree-granting university campuses in NYU's global network. Its first undergraduate class will enter in 2013.

Since 2007, Lehman has been serving as the chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law, the first school in China to teach an American law J.D. curriculum. He received his bachelor's degree from Cornell and his J.D. and M.P.P. degrees from the University of Michigan.

Last year Lehman received the "Friendship Award," China's highest award for foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to China's economic and social development.