Dive Snapshot:Brown University President Christina Paxson, who has led the Ivy League institution since 2012, plans to depart at the end of the 2026-27 academic year, she announced Monday . But she told the university’s governing board that she believed it was the right time for a new leader to step in, according to Brian Moynihan , chancellor of the board, the Corporation of Brown University. Paxson has led Brown through tumultuous moments, including the coronavirus pandemic, a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, and federal funding freezes and disruptions. The impact: Moynihan said Monday that Brown plans to involve Brown’s community in the nationwide search for Paxson’s replacement, who will become the university's 20th president. At Brown, students erected an encampment to call on university leaders to divest from companies with ties to Israel.