Chancellor John Wiley is unhappy that he was given such a limited list of candidates from which to choose a new University of Wisconsin-Madison provost.
Wiley named Patrick Farrell, the executive associate dean of the College of Engineering, as provost on Wednesday. The provost runs academic matters at the university and is the campus’ second-highest ranking officer.
Farrell was one of three finalists forwarded to Wiley by the 16-member search committee that began its work in May of last year. Farrell was the only internal candidate.