PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Paul Goldbart, the dean of the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), will assume the role of Stony Brook University’s new provost and executive vice president on March 22. According to an email sent by President Maurie McInnis on Jan. 19, Goldbart will take over the role of provost from Fotis Sotiropolous, the interim provost who held the position after former provost and interim president Michael Bernstein stepped down from the position on Oct. 1, 2020. Sotiropoulos will return to his role as dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.