Monica Ponce de Leon MAUD ’91 has been selected the next dean of Princeton University’s School of Architecture, her appointment effective January 1, 2016. Ponce de Leon has served as dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan since 2008, where she is also the Eliel Saarinen Collegiate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning. She also taught at the GSD for 12 years, joining the faculty in 1996 as a professor of architecture and director of the digital lab. Read Princeton’s full announcement.

June 2015