CMU appoints new Australian executive director

Carnegie Mellon University has appointed Terry F Buss as the new executive director of the H John Heinz III College in Adelaide. Previously, Buss was the distinguished professor of public policy at the school. Before joining Heinz College two years ago, he directed the international, security and defence studies program at the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington, DC, for five years. Buss also served as dean of the School of Policy and Management at Florida International University in Miami, and has held advisory positions with the World Bank, US Department of Housing and Urban Development and US Information Agency. He will replace Tim Zak, who will return to a teaching position at CMU’s Pittsburgh campus. Buss will take up his role on 1 July.