Raymond named new director of Purdue's Center for the Environment

Purdue political science professor Leigh Raymond has been selected as the new director of Discovery Park's Center for the Environment, a research center dedicated to meeting the world's emerging environmental challenges.

Raymond, co-author of the original proposal creating the Center for the Environment in 2006 and an expert on environmental and alternative energy policy issues, will replace interim director Jon Harbor, professor and head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.

Raymond's appointment was effective Sunday (July 1).

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