Emory University elevated Christopher L. Augostini from executive vice president and COO to president, with the move scheduled for Sept. 1. The board promotion follows Augostini’s enterprise-wide oversight since 2017 and highlights a renewed focus on growth across the university and Emory Healthcare. The University at Buffalo named Caroline Attardo Genco—provost and senior vice president at Tufts University—as its next president, making her the first woman to lead the state’s largest public university. Her selection points to a continued emphasis on unified academic strategy and expanded cross-school research. Clemson University tapped neuroscientist Kevin Guskiewicz to replace departing leadership, adding to a broader wave of major-system presidential transitions aimed at recalibrating research and student success priorities heading into the next academic cycle.