Yale Names Stony Brook President Maurie McInnis as New Leader

Yale University named Maurie McInnis, currently president of Stony Brook University and a Yale trustee, as its next president. McInnis, 58 years old, will take the helm of the New Haven, Conn., school in July. She will be the first woman to hold the role on a permanent basis.  McInnis, a historian whose academic research focuses on slavery, ascends to the top spot at Yale at a time of tremendous upheaval for American higher education.