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Faculty meeting focuses on new leadership and city issues

Meatless pledge gains momentum

Nearly 300 students pledged to participate in Meatless Mondays, a national initiative that asks students to avoid consuming meat one day per week. The commitment of the 287 current participants reduces the University's carbon footprint by about 59 kg of CO2 per week, according to the site. 

Proposed UCS amendment highlights historic debate

The Undergraduate Council of Students proposed an amendment last month that would allow it to allocate its own budget rather than having its funding approved by the Undergraduate Finance Board. Though the amendment did not receive the required two-thirds majority necessary to pass, it raised wider questions ...

Lecture questions link between freedom and violence

Chandan Reddy, associate professor of English at the University of Washington, questioned the idea of violence as "the antithesis of freedom" in his lecture "Precarity after Rights: On Queer of Color Critique" at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Monday afternoon. ...

U. to support affirmative action in Supreme Court brief

Experts speculate on Korea's future

Experts in North Korean affairs spoke about the Korean Peninsula's future in the aftermath of Kim Jong-il's death during a well-attended forum held in MacMillan 117 Sunday afternoon. Jin Sup Hong, president of the National Unification Advisory Council of the South Korean government in Boston, nicknamed ...

Simmons gives 'universal' corporate advice

Correction appended. President Ruth Simmons and fellow successful businesswomen gave sound advice to all students - not just females - interested in entering the corporate world at a discussion yesterday. Besides Simmons, the panelists at the event, called "Women in the Corporate World: Breaking the ...

'People person' leaves mark on Princeton

From a Quaker upbringing to her selection as Brown's president-elect, Christina Paxson has led a life marked by community involvement and strong leadership. She comes to Brown from Princeton with a reputation as a collaborator, an attentive listener and an efficient organizer. After graduating from ...

Office opens to support veterans, promote military careers

Faculty pleased with Paxson's record

Faculty, administrators and student leaders pointed to Christina Paxson's scholarship and experience as indicators of her ability to continue the University's momentum as its 19th president. Specifically, they noted her leadership positions at Princeton and her background in public health and international ...

Paxson's economics cover broad range of disciplines

Throughout her career, President-elect Christina Paxson's research has spanned a wide range of economics-related issues, often bridging the social sciences and the sciences, friends and colleagues said. Much of her scholarship has examined matters of health, development and labor from an economic perspective, ...

Christina Paxson named 19th president

Christina Paxson, dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a prize-winning economist, will serve as the next University president. The Corporation elected Paxson the 19th president in a special session Friday morning.

In Simmons' wake, financial challenges loom

Christina Paxson, dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, will assume the University's presidency following a 25-year tenure at Princeton, where she was known for the leadership she displayed in her overhaul of the school's undergraduate program and for her high-profile ...

Apps remain constant for Swearer Center fellowship

The Swearer Center for Public Service received about 40 applications this year for its Howard R. Swearer International Service Fellowship, which provides up to $3,500 for students to pursue a summer internship or project abroad backed by a non-governmental organization or government agency.

New center to codify medical research

The first article you read calls drinking coffee a death sentence. Then you flip the page and find a column touting coffee's benefits. What's a coffee drinker to do?

Exclusive interview with President-elect

Christina Paxson, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton, was named the University's 19th president Friday morning. After the announcement, she sat down with The Herald to talk about her plans for the future and thoughts about Brown.

U. unveils president at community ceremony

Chancellor Thomas Tisch '76 announced the selection of Christina Paxson, dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, as the University's 19th president to a packed audience of students and faculty in Sayles Hall at noon Friday. Paxson's selection was first announced ...

Proposed fee frustrates faculty, staff

The latest annual University Resources Committee report recommended a new membership fee for faculty and staff who use University athletic facilities. The fee, which has not yet been officially approved, would contribute to the cost of the new aquatic and fitness center slated to open this semester, ...

Professor awarded for geometric proof

Corrections appended.

RISD president's contract renewed

The Rhode Island School of Design's Board of Trustees renewed President John Maeda's contract through June 30, 2015 last weekend. The renewal comes almost a year after the faculty voted "no confidence" in Maeda and former Provost Jessie Shefrin, who resigned last May.