<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/releases/2019/vice-provost-for-research.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>University News</category><pubDate>04/09/2019</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Appoints Leading Scholar as Vice Provost for Research</title><description>Ronald S. Harichandran, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, who joined the University in 2011 as dean of the Tagliatela College of Engineering, is the first person to hold this position.</description><hide-description/><author/><author-details/><hide-author/><date>April 9, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2019/leading-scholar-ron.jpg" alt="Photo of Ronald S. Harichandran speaking at Commencement"/></image><image-caption>Ronald S. Harichandran, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE speaking at Commencement.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-releases</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>