Chancellor University of California, Riverside | Riverside, California We are pleased to announce that Dr. S. Jack Hu has been selected as the 10th Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, effective July 15, 2025. Dr. Hu brings to the position extensive academic leadership experience. Most recently he served as the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia, where he oversaw instruction, research, public service and outreach, information technology, and the 19 schools and colleges at the university. Since he began serving as provost, the University of Georgia has invested in multiple rounds of interdisciplinary faculty hires and increased its research and development expenditures year-over-year, exceeding $620 million in 2024.Prior to this, Dr. Hu served as the vice president for research at University of Michigan, where he managed a $1.5 billion research enterprise across the university’s campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint. Dr. Hu is also a renowned scholar, with much of his work focused on the quality and productivity of manufacturing systems. As a researcher, he has secured $46 million in external funding from federal agencies and industry to support research conducted by students, faculty, and staff in his laboratory. Dr. Hu is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an elected fellow of four professional societies, and the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award and the DeVor/Kapoor Manufacturing Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Gold Medal from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and several best paper awards.Hu holds a bachelor’s degree from Tianjin University, and both master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan.Read more here. Cati Mitchell-Crossley led this search with Phuong Ta, Luciano Zuniga, and Thea Kosmack.
