Genco named UB’s 16th president

Caroline Attardo Genco.

A Buffalo native, Genco will be the first woman to lead UB in its 180-year history

Caroline Attardo Genco, PhD, provost and senior vice president at Tufts University, has been named the University at Buffalo’s 16th president.

Genco’s appointment, following an international search, was announced June 2 by the SUNY Board of Trustees and SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. after a unanimous vote by the trustees.

For more details, please view the full announcement.