In today's paper, staff writer Melissa von Mayrhauser writes that President Bollinger has appointed Paul LeClerc, GSAS '69 and former president of the New York Public Library, to direct Columbia's global center in Paris, in place of interim director Victoria de Grazia.
LeClerc has plans for several revisions to the global center:
1. Emphasizing regional awareness. LeClerc hopes that by introducing talks with policy-makers into the program, students at the center will become more aware of economic, social, and demographic issues in Europe.
2. Getting lectures, conferences, and classes held at the Paris center online, which would create a strong Web presence for the center.
