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Office of the Provost

Gulley Hall

Provost Peter J. Nicholls in his Gulley Hall office.
Academic Issues
Provost Peter J. Nicholls with President Susan Herbst during a meeting with academic deans.
State Capitol
Provost Peter J. Nicholls speaks at the Fuel Cell Center press conference at the State Capitol with State Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams.
Convocation
Provost Peter J. Nicholls speaks during the annual Fall Convocation ceremony at Gampel Pavillion.
Frontiers of Undergraduate Education
Provost Peter J. Nicholls talks with Heather Shead (center) and Susan Chasse (left), dietetics majors who presented their research at the annual Frontiers in Undergraduate Education program.

The Provost

... is the University's chief academic officer and is responsible for all academic programs at the main campus in Storrs, at the five regional campuses at Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, Torrington, and Waterbury, the School of Law in Hartford, and the Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine at the UConn Health Center in Farmington.

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The role of the Provost is to lead in the development of academic priorities for the institution and to work with the faculty and administration on the appropriate distribution of University resources in the achievement of the highest standard of excellence in all our areas of academic engagement.