CAS Dean Santirocco steps down to lead curriculum development at NYU Shanghai

College of Arts and Science Dean Matthew Santirocco will leave his post at the end of this semester to become senior vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs.

According to a university-wide email, Santirocco will lead curriculum development for NYU Shanghai, the university's third portal campus, which is set to open in the fall of 2013. Santirocco will begin his new position this summer.

Current chair of the English department G. Gabrielle Starr will serve as acting dean of CAS. A search committee will be appointed this fall to chose a permanenet replacement.

Santirroco served as CAS dean for 17 years and had the second-longest tenure in the school's history. The news comes a week after the university announced that marketing professor Geeta Menon will be the new dean of the Stern School of Business.