2012 News Countdown: Brown U gains new president

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Brown University President Christina Paxson

At the number nine slot, in our Top Ten 2012 News Story countdown is Brown University names a new president. Brown University welcomed a new commander-in-chief after the 11-year tenure of the popular Ruth Simmons. The school’s choice, Christina Hull Paxson, is an economist, who most recently led the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton.
Paxson comes to Brown as the school looks to maintain need blind admissions and find a home for a new school of engineering.
Brown employees describe Paxson – or Chris – as they call her – as friendly but decisive. She’s the second female president in the university’s history.
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