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Campus Events
Sept 18 Lunch Bunch: Meet our Provost, Dr. Stefanie Tompkins
Department / Organization: Mines Foundation
Learn how she’ll help shape the future of academics and innovation at Mines.
Join us in welcoming Dr. Stefanie Tompkins as Mines’ new Provost! Dr. Tompkins is no stranger to Mines, having served as Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer before returning to national service at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). As Director of DARPA, she led a complex $4 billion-plus organization whose mission is to advance breakthrough technologies for national security, overseeing transformative research and development efforts across multiple scientific disciplines.
As Provost, Dr. Tompkins will be responsible for shaping the faculty, students and academic programs so that Mines continues to excel in its mission of producing the talent, knowledge and innovations that industry and society need.
Dr. Tompkins holds a PhD and MS in geology from Brown University and a BA in geology and geophysics from Princeton University. Prior to her work at DARPA, she served as a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army and has extensive experience in industry and government research organizations.
