Robert J. Jones, the current chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has signed a five-year contract that will begin in August. According to UW, he will be the first African ...

Robert J. Jones, currently the chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been chosen to become the 34th president of the University of Washington.

With University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce leaving her position this year, the university has now selected her ...

Jones, who will be the first African American to lead the UW, succeeds President Ana Mari Cauce, who is stepping down after 10 years at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.