CAMBRIDGE, MA.- Paul Ha, director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, has been selected as the new director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) List Visual Arts Center. Ha is expected to begin his new position Dec. 1. “We are delighted that Paul will lead the List,” said Philip S. Khoury, MIT associate provost and Ford International Professor of History, who oversees the List Visual Arts Center. “In Paul, the List is gaining a well-respected and proven arts leader who has earned the admiration of his staff, the communities in which he has lived and worked, as well as the international arts community. We are excited that he is joining MIT and look forward to collaborating on ways to further solidify the List’s standing among students, faculty, staff, alumni, visitors and contemporary visual arts institutions in the Boston area, which are playing an increasingly prominent role, n