By Julia HarteAug 3 - Brown University President Christina Paxson said on Monday that she would leave her post at the end of the academic year, following ‌a difficult period in which she clashed with President Donald Trump's administration over its ‌threats to slash the Ivy League school's federal funding. After administration officials threatened to block $510 million in federal grants for ​Brown, ​Paxson reached a deal in July 2025 to restore ​the funding. The terms required the ‌university to conduct a third-party evaluation of its campus climate, including for Jewish students, and propose actions to improve it. Advertisement AdvertisementAccepting the deal would "restrict academic freedom and undermine ​the autonomy of Brown's governance," Paxson said at the time. In December, a former student opened fire on campus, leaving two students dead and nine wounded.