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Paxson’s contract runs until 2026, U. says
BY SOFIA BARNETT UNIVERSITY NEWS EDITOR
President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20’s contract will last until June 30, 2026, one year longer than previously announced, according to a Tuesday morning announcement from Chancellor Samuel Mencoff ’78 P’11 P’15.
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The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, previously announced in February 2020 that it would extend Paxson’s appointment through June 2025. That announcement came just over a month before the University sent students home at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Mencoff’s announcement, that extension was never finalized due to the “uncertainty” of the early pandemic and the “need for leadership of the University to remain wholly focused on the health
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and safety of the Brown community.”
In 2021, Paxson agreed to an extension with the Corporation that runs through June 30, 2026, which was not announced to the public until Tuesday. Terms of appointment for University presidents can be “extended by mutual agreement at any time,” according to Tuesday’s announcement.
Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, who oversees the Corporation Office, wrote in an email to The Herald
