This April 2014 photo shows President Barack Obama with Sylvia Mathews Burwell as he announced she would be named secretary of health and human services. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)American University announced Thursday that a former top Obama administration official, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, will become its 15th president and the first woman to lead the school in the nation’s capital. “My family and I are honored and excited to become a part of this vibrant AU community,” Burwell said in a statement. [American University, in nation’s capital, is getting more selective]The incumbent president at AU, Kerwin, has led the school since 2005. Thomas LeBlanc, provost of the University of Miami, will become George Washington University’s president in July.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2017 19:35 UTC