Maurer dean named interim provost

Lauren Robel, dean of the Maurer School of Law, was today named interim provost of the Bloomington Campus beginning Feb. 1, after Karen Hanson, provost and executive vice president, leaves the University.

Robel is an IU School of Law graduate and has been on faculty since 1985. She has been the dean of Maurer since 2003.

The Board of Trustees will vote on her appointment by IU President Michael McRobbie during the board's meetings Thursday and Friday.

Hanson will leave IU to become senior vice president and provost at the University of Minnesota, her alma mater, in February.

Appointing an interim provost was the first step in the process of finding a permanent replacement for Hanson, although a University press release said there is no timetable on hiring a new executive vice president and provost.