Engineering Dean Goldsmith Leaving for Presidency of Stony Brook

Engineering dean Andrea Goldsmith will leave Princeton to become the president of Stony Brook University. The State University of New York Board of Trustees announced her appointment on Feb. 19, and Goldsmith will begin her new role on Aug. 1.

Since coming to Princeton in 2020, Goldsmith has led a remarkable expansion: Engineering faculty grew by 29%, Ph.D. enrollment grew by 31%, undergraduate enrollment grew by 22%, and annual sponsored research expenditures grew by 24%, according to the University. Those numbers were driven in part by new or growing areas of study, including bioengineering, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Physical space for engineering also will expand in the coming academic year with the expected completion of the Environmental Studies and School of Engineering and Applied Science complex on Ivy Lane.

President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, in a University release, called Goldsmith a “bold, visionary, and entrepreneurial leader who is committed to academic excellence and to facilitating education and research that enhances people’s lives.”

“I am very proud of everything we have accomplished,” Goldsmith said in the release. “Our amazing leaders, faculty, students, and staff within engineering and across Princeton — as well as our incredibly supportive and insightful alumni — enabled us to achieve new heights of excellence and impact.”

A search committee is aiming to have Goldsmith’s successor in place for the start of the next academic year, according to the University.