UI's first female dean leaving for Northwestern

URBANA – The first woman to be dean of the University of Illinois' largest college is leaving to take a similar post at Northwestern University.

Sarah Mangelsdorf, dean of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since 2004, was appointed this week as dean of Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, effective Aug. 16.

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