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Sharon Oster to Succeed Joel Podolny as Dean of the Yale School of Management

Yale University President Richard C. Levin announced in a message to the Yale School of Management community that Joel M. Podolny is stepping down as Dean effective on November 1, 2008. He will be succeeded by Sharon M. Oster, the Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship.

Yale University President Richard C. Levin announced in a message to the Yale School of Management community that Joel M. Podolny is stepping down as Dean effective on November 1, 2008. He will be succeeded by Sharon M. Oster, the Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Yale SOM Program on Social Enterprise. Podolny will remain at Yale SOM until the end of the year and then take up a senior position at Apple. 

Read President Levin’s message.

Podolny also circulated a message to the community describing his decision. Read that message. 

Read incoming Dean Sharon Oster's note to students, alumni, and staff, her bio, and her faculty webpage.