Yale University named Maurie McInnis as its new president Wednesday, the first woman to be selected for the top position in a non-interim capacity since the Ivy League school was founded in 1701.

McInnis, 58, is the president of Stony Brook University on Long Island in New York. Yale said McInnis was the unanimous choice of the school's Board of Trustees.

A cultural historian and the president of Stony Brook University has been named the 24th president of Yale University. Maurie McInnis, 58, who earned her Ph.D. in art history, will succeed Peter ...

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Yale University has named Maurie McInnis as its 24th president of the school starting July 1. She will be the first woman to hold the job in a non-interim basis. McInnis is currently the president ...

Yale University named Maurie McInnis, currently president of Stony Brook University and a Yale trustee, as its next president. McInnis, 58 years old, will take the helm of the New Haven, Conn ...

In this image provide by Yale University, Yale's new president Maurie McInnis poses in New Haven, Conn. McInnis, a longtime higher education leader and cultural historian, was named the 24th ...

In this image provide by Yale University, Yale's new president Maurie McInnis poses in New Haven, Conn. McInnis, a longtime higher education leader and cultural historian, was named the 24th ...

In this image provide by Yale University, Yale's new president Maurie McInnis poses in New Haven, Conn. McInnis, a longtime higher education leader and cultural historian, was named the 24th ...

In this image provide by Yale University, Yale's new president Maurie McInnis poses in New Haven, Conn. McInnis, a longtime higher education leader and cultural historian, was named the 24th ...