Boston University named its first female dean of the College of Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, ending a search that began almost a year ago to replace Jeffrey Henderson, who has headed BU’s largest school since July 2002.
The new dean, Virginia Sapiro, had been the vice provost for teaching and learning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is the first woman to serve as CAS dean in the college’s 134-year history. She will begin her tenure July 1.
“A lot of us who are the first think that the best thing is that no one will ever have to do this again,” Sapiro said. “It will be normal some day.”