Brown University President Christina Paxson to step down before her contract ends

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 868

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Brown University President Christina H. Paxson announced Monday she will step down at the end of the 2026-27 academic year — a full year before the end of her current contract, which was extended last year.

Paxson, who became Brown’s 19th president in July 2012, wrote in a letter to the university community Monday that she had “mixed emotions” when she told the school’s ruling body, the Corporation of Brown University, earlier …

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