Dr Fred Langstaffe has been appointed provost and VP academic at the Univ of Western Ontario for a five-year tern effective July 1/05. Langstaffe was most recently dean of UWO’s faculty of science and served as chair of the earth sciences department from 1993 to 1999. As provost his responsibilities include faculty relations, information technology services, university library system and institutional planning and budgeting. Langstaffe receive