#Christina Paxson

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Brown University is moving ahead with trespassing charges against 41 students arrested during a peaceful protest last week.

As of Tuesday, members of the Brown Divest Coalition, which organized the Dec. 11 sit-in at University Hall, were preparing for six court dates stretching over winter break, from Jan. 9-18.

Coalition member Jo Ouyang said students will need to find their own housing during that time and arrange any necessary transportation.

Eiden Spilker, another coalition member, said an attorney for the students was attempting to find out whether the school would seek to have the charges dropped or at least have the court dates shifted.

University spokesman Brian Clark said "Brown would be agreeable to date changes that enable the students' court appearances to take place after their return from winter break."

But Clark said the charges remain in effect.

Ouyang said a group called Brown University Alumni for Palestine launched a legal fund to help with students' legal expenses, and alumni also started an email campaign that has prompted some 3,000 emails to university President Christina Paxson, calling for the charges to be dropped.

What happened during the protest?

Clark said students entered the building around 9 a.m. and staged a sit-in. Photos show the students wearing white T-shirts printed with "divest for Hisham," a reference to Hisham Awartani, a junior, who was shot and paralyzed by an assailant in Burlington, Vermont, over Thanksgiving break. He was with two friends who were also shot and wounded. All three are of Palestinian descent.

The coalition is calling on Brown to divest from weapons manufacturers such as Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon amid the Israel-Hamas war. Its members have tried to assert a connection between Brown's investments and Awartani's shooting. Ouyang contended "Hisham was shot because of hateful rhetoric that Brown University is complicit in."

In response, Clark said, as he has in the past, that "there is a common misunderstanding that Brown directly invests its endowment in individual stocks, bonds and other financial instruments."

"In fact, the Brown University endowment is almost entirely invested through external specialist investment managers, all with the highest level of ethics and all whom we believe share the values of the Brown community," Clark said. "This includes the rejection of violence. The endowment is not directly invested in defense stocks or large munitions manufacturers."

More:Brown University arrests 41 student protesters at sit-in calling for divestment

Why were students arrested?

By nightfall, shortly after the close of business, campus officers arrested all 41 protesters. Providence police charged them with trespassing.

It was the second time in recent weeks that protesters have been arrested while demanding that Brown reform its investments. In November, the school had 20 students arrested. The response has left activists feeling that their message had been ignored.

"How many students are they willing to arrest instead of even bringing something as simple as the question of divestment to the table?" asked coalition member Hannah Aboueid.

What is President Christina Paxson saying?

Paxson delivered students a letter explaining why she wouldn't support their calls for divestment, which are outlined in a 2020 report identifying several divestment targets. The Brown University Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Practices created the report. Members of that committee included faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Paxson said the report didn't explain how divestment stops social harms and claimed it "did not adequately address the requirements for rigorous analysis and research."

Yet Brown has used divestment as a tool in the past, divesting from South Africa during apartheid. That followed a student uprising in the 1980s that called on the school to act. Similarly, Brown divested from Sudan during the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Students have used these two historical points to back up their calls.

Now, Aboueid said, students' relationship with the administration is "reaching a boiling point."

"They don’t seem to be taking our demands seriously," Aboueid said, "even as student support for divestment grows exponentially."

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"Jews Don't Count" vs. "All Lives Mattering"

A few days ago, three Palestinian-American students were shot in Vermont. One of the wounded students attended Brown University, and so Brown University president Christina Paxson led a vigil on Monday. In her prepared remarks, Paxton planned to say the following: At a faculty meeting last month, I said that "Every student, faculty and staff member should be able to proudly wear a Star of David or don a keffiyeh on the Brown campus, or to cover their head with a hijab or yarmulke." But in the actual presentation, the "Star of David" and "yarmulke" references were dropped (the story states this occurred after anti-Israel heckling, but it's not clear what the exact causal relationship was). I learned of all this via the National Review, which of course wants you to be aghast. "Jews Don't Count" and all that. But I'm so old, I remember when many Jewish actors, particularly on the center-right, were furious at what they termed "all lives mattering" antisemitism -- responding to an incident of antisemitism by condemning an array of other prejudices alongside antisemitism, rather than letting a condemnation of antisemitism stand alone. And the thing is, under that metric, we could say that Paxson's sin was -- in a vigil about an incident of anti-Palestinian racism -- including a reference to antisemitism. By doing so, she would have "all lives mattered" anti-Palestinian racism. She should have condemned anti-Palestinian violence "alone". Now for my part, I don't believe that. I don't generally think that tying different forms of discrimination together is objectionable "all lives mattering", and so I don't think that condemning Islamophobia or racism weakens a condemnation of antisemitism (or vice versa). I also don't think that every condemnation of antisemitism has to include a condemnation of other forms of oppression (or again, vice versa). It's fine when they're linked together, and it's fine when they stand alone (and for what it's worth, it's just wrong to assert that antisemitism is never condemned "alone"). Either way Paxson could have done it would have been okay. More broadly, I've argued that the concept of "all lives mattering" is not properly applied to any case where "where someone tries to link different forms of oppression or marginalization together." Rather, "all lives mattering" only obtains where one respond[s] to a complaint of an injustice experienced by a particular community by suggesting the complaint is illegitimate or exclusionary unless it is reframed away from focusing on the particular community and instead presented in more universal language. So it is not "all lives mattering" for Paxson to loop in an issue of antisemitism to her vigil responding to a claim of anti-Palestinian racism, but it would be "all lives mattering" if it was suggested that her vigil would be inappropriate or illegitimate if it didn't also talk about oppression in more universal terms. The National Review piece, though written in neutral tones, certainly carries the subtext of such an assertion. But more to the point, my definition of "all lives mattering" is not the one I've been seeing in the quarters of the Jewish community who've been leveling the charge. Based on their more expansive account, Paxson would absolutely have been "all lives mattering" had she included the line about the Star of David, and so she was wise to omit it. But I don't think that the critics in question believe that -- they're more likely to be offended that the line was taken out (proving that "Jews don't count") than they were at the prospect it would be kept in. That suggests that their position on "all lives mattering" is not a consistent one (and I'd argue, that inconsistency at root derives from their position being fundamentally untenable). Worth keeping in mind. via The Debate Link https://ift.tt/rLZGecl

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Brown bringing criminal charges against peaceful student protesters (to stop a GENOCIDE) to make sure they "know their actions have consequences" is CRAZY. Christina Paxson you are the worst person on the planet I can't wait for you to burst into flames

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What we know from link above:

Relatives have identified the three victims as Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed. Awartani is a student at Brown University, Abdalhamid is a student at Haverford College, and Ahmed is a student at Trinity College.

Two of the victims were wearing keffiyehs, police said, and they were speaking Arabic, according to the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee.

Burlington police described the shooter as a white man with a handgun who didn't say a word before he fired at least four times.

The war between Israel and Hamas has sparked heated protests and fiery rhetoric at college campuses. Jewish and Muslim students have been forced to confront violent threats.

In a statement to Brown University's community today, school President Christina H. Paxson said she has asked its chaplain's office to organize a vigil Monday at the campus in Providence, Rhode Island.

One of the three victims of the Saturday night attack, Hisham Awartani, is a junior at Brown, she said. The vigil is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on the campus' Main Green.

"I call on our community to come together to condemn anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian discrimination and acts of violence and hate, and express care and empathy for one another," Paxson said in the statement.

She said relatives of the victims asked that no donations be made to fundraisers unless they are specifically organized by close family members.

From https://twitter.com/aayoub link below:

‘Earlier this morning we were contacted about the shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont. We have been in touch with the families of the students.

At this moment here is what we know:

- The students were wearing a Kuffiyeh

- The students were speaking Arabic

- The shooter screamed at the students

- Shots fired, the three students were each it

- 2 of the students are in ICU, one of them critical

- 1 of the students will be released today

What's next?

- Pray for full recovery of the victims

- Give the family privacy and room to get through this ~ VT law enforcement must look into hate crimes

- Vermont has hate crimes laws

- DOJ/FBI urged to investigate as hate crime

College campuses must immediately take all measures to ensure safety of Palestinian and Arab students.

More info will be provided once available.

Mr. Kinnan Abdalhamid is a student at Haverford University’

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Caleb Sandall, center, and Ovation Show choir sings “Sit Down your Rockin’ the Boat Saturday during  the Blair Show Choir Workshop.

Ten schools from across the area participated in the Blair Music Department fifth annual show choir workshop.  The performers worked with show choir experts Dan Hays and Jennifer Toney.  Hays, the Midland Vocal Music director, was BHS vocal music director Dan Hutsell’s predecessor.

The Blair Innovation Show Choir performs Saturday at the Blair Show Choir Workshop. Performers from left are: Addie Wolff, Baelyn Chavez, Emma Harnack, Christina Paxson, Katie Blice, Anna Bassler.

The choirs worked on staging elements, choreography and show pacing to improve their shows.

The Platteview High School show choir performs at the Blair High School Show Choir Workshop.

“The performance has no competition aspect to it so the students have the opportunity to be everybody’s fan and support each other,” Hutsell said.  ” As audience members they (performers) have the opportunity to see some of the things that make a group good or great, or maybe not quite there yet and hopefully each student can apply that to their own individual and group performance.”

Blair Ovation Show Choir performs on Saturday during the Blair Show Choir Workshop at BHS.

Blair Innovation Show Choir performs on Saturday during the Blair Show Choir Workshop at BHS.

Waverly show choir performs on Saturday during the Blair Show Choir Workshop at BHS.

Omaha Northwest Show Choir performs on Saturday during the Blair Show Choir Workshop at BHS.

Omaha Northwest Show Choir performs on Saturday during the Blair Show Choir Workshop at BHS.

Bellevue East Show Choir performs on Saturday during the Blair Show Choir Workshop at BHS.

    Blair Show choir workshop Ten schools from across the area participated in the Blair Music Department fifth annual show choir workshop.  

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Shifting Business Models of Higher Education I suspect some colleges and universities will go under in the wake of COVID 19, as they faced with bankruptcy and are having to deal with lower enrollments too. It might be a good time for military recruiters, at least in the US. The capitalist model is in dire straits, some claim is even falling, especially the business model for higher education. But it is it really worth obtaining higher education, especially now. Tuition and other costs are high and the job market is restricted, and why pay top dollar for distance learning? Against this backdrop, President of Brown University, Christina Paxson, recently wrote in the New York Times that reopening universities in the fall should be a national priority. After all, students face practical, financial, and psychological barriers when it comes to remote learning; the sector provides about 3 million jobs, and education spending pumps near $600 billion into the national GDP. The basic business model for most colleges and universities is simple — tuition comes due twice a year at the beginning of each semester. Most colleges and universities are tuition-dependent. Remaining closed in the fall means losing as much as half of our revenue. Going deep in debt for it! One friend who is completing an MA degree wrote to me, “I am working from home at a Midwestern university has not yet re-opened. Don’t know what the future will hold – the university must take a $5 million budget cut this fiscal year and another $25 million budget cut next fiscal year (beginning July 1st). Don’t know yet how they are going to do it – some talk about early retirements but if they don’t get enough “takers” then probably layoffs.” Recent history, especially in a US presidential election year has many people and policymakers asking hard questions. It is becoming clear that anyone keeping up with U.S. higher education in recent months will see that the sector is bracing for disaster with application dates coming, usually by May. Students and parents are both stressed out over how to pay for it, especially at higher tier universities and in light of the reduction in family incomes due to unemployment and a slowed economy. One article makes it only too clear, A Global View of the Pandemic’s Effect on Higher Education, that university funding model that rely on international students for revenue will now have to brace themselves for tough financial times ahead and some are even in the danger of collapse because of travel restrictions. Nearly one-fifth of all international students study in the United States, and of our total enrollment, they makeup around 5 per cent and contribute over 44 billion to the US economy. These students usually pay full tuition, which can average over 35,000 USD a year and another USD 15,000 to USD 20,000 as living expenses. Many funding models depends largely on foreign students to balance their books as they pay full tuition, and are less likely to be funded by scholarships and other university resources. The paper chase impacts many segments of the economy, for instance, the University of Kentucky, this past year, landlords got big dollar signs in their eyes and jacked up rent twice and triple-fold, as student enrollments were at a record high. Now that they kicked out some of their renters, when their leases were up, demanding higher prices, and now they are losing money; tongue in cheek, it serves the greedy pigs right. Karl Marx Lectures There is hidden karma with capitalism too. Greedy landlords (at least sometimes) get their asses kicked when recession comes from around the corner without warning. One landlord kicked out a friend of mine, who had to move in with his girlfriend at his house. He has two kids. He’s good at repair and even remodeling houses and apartments, so that landlord doesn’t know what he lost…and now I don’t think he’ll be able to get double-rent payers. Just a few weeks before the shutdown, real estate was at a feverish all-time high. Houses prices were sky-high, all 1/4-million-USD in Lexington, and selling immediately. A friend in real estate was trying to push me to buy (but buy what? with what income?)–he said people were snapping them up as soon as they went to market. I knew it was all going to crash and burn and told him that I’ll only buy (and I’ll only be able to afford to buy) when there’s blood on the streets. That may be coming soon if jobs don’t return, and I doubt they will anytime soon. All Things Considered Things could definitely be worse, however for most, despite inconveniences, all things considered with some social benefits and support from government. They have their classes, or work on campus as teaching assistants; they have their stipend, many graduate students, and the supermarkets nearby have plenty to eat. Some have to teach from home, the social life and campus activities have come to an abrupt halt. Many teaching and professional qualification examinations have been cancelled in light of the circumstances, and this may cause extra problems later on when tests results are needed and graduates must come back and sit for them. COVID-19 has indeed hit institutions of higher education unexpectedly, as it has all colleges and universities across the United States and World. It came for many right around spring break – students were asked to consider not returning, and then were told outright that that would be it for the semester, much unexpected, very awkward, and especially worrisome for two populations. One is international students. This came up as an issue across the country. Where could foreigners turn in such circumstances? Some had flown home, and had to accustom themselves to remote participation during uncomfortable time zones. Some received special permissions to stay on campus. And some were not able to come back because of shutdowns in flights and over public health concerns. A lot of creativity has gone into handling this point. The second is graduating students. Unfortunately, their final weeks as students, with all the rituals that entail – from parties to formal ceremonies – all went in another direction. It must be emphasized that universities have been accommodating and have kept the interests of their students at the forefront. Normal job fairs are not being held on campus, as before, and the recruitment of new blood is another issue that will affect the business community. At the same time, there is only so much a university can do if it is constrained by public health concerns, budgetary restrictions, and government orders – more so when one considers public universities, and private universities and colleges of size and a scale. A professor was sharing some thoughts the other day (via Zoom, of course) about the model of the university going forward. It will be a different experience for future generations, he speculated, with mixed methods of teaching and learning. The classic seminar of sitting around a table and discussing may go out of style. Another professor contended that her experience coming into a university and making personal connections around a table was what changed her life. There will be a lot of discussions like this about the trade-offs in style and substance in the coming months, possibly years. Financial models of universities will probably have to be re-imagined, for better or for worse. What is of immediate concern is how to move forward in the fall. Most are working to publish their plans, at least contingency plans by mid-June. Presumably, other universities, other than the earlier examples, are going along the same pace as well in order to give enough lead time to prepare, both for themselves and for their students, faculty, and staff. Students too are reconsidering the opportunity costs of even attending a university. Some are opting to stay closer to home and pursue degrees on a part-time basis and continue with their lives the best they can during uncertain times. Education, like many other institutions, has become nothing but another huge over-bloated scam and the return on investment is not as much as it is touted. The situation that is described here is not limited to the US or a specific region of the world. The main problem when it comes to UK universities is that the crisis had already started years ago, and all of this madness adds up to previous issues. The Oxbridge model is immensely expensive, and the main ways to sustainability – research funders, international students, the endowment, the press, executive education, and commercial activity – will all decline at a time when their costs will increase. As you probably know, in 2017 Oxford exposed itself to 100-year bonds for GBP 1 billion to avoid privatization; it worked, and they raised the debt to 3 billion. However, a shift in conditions will make the interest rate higher – how do you pay when things go wrong? It is just impossible to take on more debt, for students and institutions of higher education alike. Going on the market is a short term fix but not a solution. Conversely, the most flexible and affordable universities in Europe are those like the Open University (or Oxford, which has earned a reputation with online learning, and has even more potential) and will continue and improve their performance. Others are investing a lot in distance learning, such as Exeter. However, the terrible combination of the COVID emergency plus Brexit (ergo, losing the generous EU funds for research as well as the most skilled European students and lecturers) will make British Universities empty, and go bankrupt. UK Universities make money with post-graduate overseas students since Chinese and Asian people come here with very little English (not to say about their study skills) but willing to pay a fortune to get a piece of paper. Once back home, they can spend their qualifications very easily and get high positions. If students don’t come or go somewhere else, the whole system fails. There are several things UK and international universities can do, one is the Nottingham University Modelo, which has opened branches overseas. And instead of running after learners to come to the UK, learners can find branches close to home. Another option is to create partnership with other institutions so that they can add cherry onto the cake. For instance, additional lectures or certificate programmes, or by providing summer programmes around the world. Another one is aiming at blended programs, which is quite hard since the competition from European universities will become unbearable. In countries such as the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium or Austria you can find some of the best institutions in the world with a spotless reputation (I am thinking, for instance, to Groningen or Berlin) which are nearly free! How can you compete with that? It’s looking grim on enrolment but to be honest, we are all just waiting to see how many show up. A major challenge is international students – embassies are just not going to process visas. So we will have students who will be stuck here in the US and many who won’t be able to get here. It’s going to be a very large loss on top of lower domestic US numbers. I suspect many students will take a gap year and see what transpires rather than do more online courses. For me, this situation is a real opportunity to radically rethink society. From that, I realize we need to really look at future-proofing and building a truly resilient society. Just like after WW II there was a progressive and radical rebuilding of society, and I think that’s what is needed now- a few bailouts will not be enough It looks that we know what to do but the leadership is lacking. I think the idea that after all of this madness there might be a restart is shared by many, but is misleading at the same time. Provided that giving things another go makes sense, we have to remember that one thing is a contingency and one is the social system we are all in – something that is very difficult to modify in the short term.

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The Lindemann Performing Arts Center Brown University

Lindemann Performing Arts Center Brown University, College Hill Campus Providence, Rhode Island Building

The Lindemann Performing Arts Center for Brown University

University Building, College Hill Campus, RI design by REX, architects, USA

post updated May 25, 2022

Brown names The Lindemann Performing Arts Center

Architects: REX Architecture

Location: College Hill Campus, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University

The name for the center, set to open in 2023, honors Brown Corporation member Frayda Lindemann and her late husband, George Lindemann Sr., a longtime University supporter, business executive and art collector.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Brown University) — Brown University will name its new state-of-the-art performance venue The Lindemann Performing Arts Center.

The center’s name recognizes a generous gift from Frayda B. Lindemann — a Brown University trustee, proud Brown parent and grandparent, and president and CEO of the board of directors at the Metropolitan Opera in New York — alongside her late husband, George Lindemann Sr., a longtime University benefactor, business executive and art collector who died in 2018.

The Lindemann Performing Arts Center, slated to open in the heart of Brown’s campus in fall 2023, will build on the University’s reputation as a premier destination for cutting-edge scholarship and performance in many artistic disciplines, including music, theater, dance, literary art, visual art and multiple kinds of experimental collaborations.

The Lindemanns are providing crucial support for the construction and operation of the unique, flexible space, which features a state-of-the-art main hall that can transform into five different configurations for a variety of performances and presentations; a suite of modern studios custom-designed for theater, music, dance and other artistic explorations; and a transparent “slice” of windows through the main level that invites the Brown and Providence communities to witness and engage in the artmaking process.

The center’s name was unveiled on Tuesday, May 24, during a small celebration with University leaders, faculty and staff from the Brown Arts Institute, and members of the Lindemann family. The building’s name is visible to passersby in Providence, etched into the façade of the building where construction continues on Angell Street, adjacent to the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts.

According to University President Christina H. Paxson, with the opening of The Lindemann Performing Arts Center on the horizon, Brown is positioned to become a top destination for world-class arts scholars, students committed to the arts, international artists and regional community members who will be invited to make, present and witness work in the new center. The center’s placement next to the Granoff Center creates a strong hub on campus for creativity, expression, experimentation and discovery.

“We see a future where Brown is the primary destination for students who want to fully integrate the arts into a complete education, and The Lindemann Performing Arts Center is an important part of that vision,” Paxson said. “By supporting artistic scholarship and innovation in this truly one-of-a-kind space, Frayda Lindemann is helping the University create a distinctive home for generations of talented students, faculty, community members and visiting artists.”

Mrs. Lindemann said that before her husband died, he was looking forward to supporting the Performing Arts Center project, which will expand Brown’s ability to create and stage new and existing works, combine art forms and welcome world-renowned faculty and artists to learn from and inspire students across disparate fields of study. She said that she and Paxson share a belief that the arts play a critical role — not only in higher education settings but also in communities everywhere.

“The arts are what make us human and separate us from other species,” Mrs. Lindemann said. “Science, technology and medicine are crucially important to furthering innovation and saving lives, it’s true — but music, fine art, dance and theater are equally important, because they help us remember our humanity.”

When completed, the center’s main hall will boast moveable walls, floors, seats, curtains, ceiling and lights — giving University and community artists the option to have the space tailored to their specific structural, aesthetic and acoustic needs. The building will also feature a 13-foot horizontal windowed “clearstory” that slices through the main level, revealing the interior of the main hall and the Diana Nelson and John Atwater Lobby to passersby in every direction.

“The 23rd-century vision for a performance hall that has walls that move will be a remarkable asset to the boundlessly creative students and arts faculty at Brown,” Mrs. Lindemann said. “And I’m intrigued by how the transparent, lit-up main floor will enable community members at Brown and in Providence to see their peers create exciting performances as they walk by. When you see art getting made, you feel something — you leave the day-to-day of our world and enter a special place.”

In addition to the range of configurations available in the center’s main hall — from a 625-seat symphony orchestra hall, to a 250-seat proscenium theater, to an immersive surround-sound cube for experimental media and a flat-floor configuration for film or visual art installations — a suite of modern studios, rehearsal spaces and intimate performance venues custom-designed for theater, music, dance and other art forms will serve as everyday academic resources for Brown students and faculty.

Avery Willis Hoffman, artistic director of the Brown Arts Institute, said that thanks in large part to the Lindemann family’s generosity, the center is sure to inspire future generations of student, faculty and community artists to create cutting-edge, original artwork and re-examine well-known works, practices and traditions. Hoffman said that in addition to world-class projects by international visiting artists, The Lindemann Performing Arts Center will host the work of artists, performers and scholars in Brown’s six arts departments and Rites and Reason Theatre, all of whom are affiliated with the BAI.

“This investment in the PAC is also an investment in the BAI,” Hoffman said. “It enables the BAI to dream even bigger as we fulfill our goals of cultivating creative expression, stimulating discovery and fueling innovative thinking, on campus and beyond.”

Building on a lifelong passion for the arts

Frayda Lindemann earned a Ph.D. in musicology from Columbia University, and from 1980 to 1991 was an associate professor of musicology and music history at Hunter College, where she completed her bachelor’s degree. From 2012 to 2016, she chaired the board of directors at Opera America, an organization that serves more than 150 opera companies across the United States and Canada; she was the first board chair in the organization’s history who had never directed an opera company. The Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, which nurtures some of the nation’s most talented young opera artists through training and performance opportunities is the largest and most prestigious of its kind.

The couple’s history with Brown began when two of their children attended the University in the 1980s. Two of their grandchildren also chose to attend Brown, inspired in part by the previous generation’s positive experiences on campus.

“All of my children and grandchildren who attended Brown have thrived there — it’s such a happy place,” Mrs. Lindemann said. “My husband felt very strongly about investing in a place that made our children and grandchildren into such passionate people and creative thinkers. His generosity is the basis of our support for Brown, past and present.”

The proposed design of the PAC, with its changeable main hall and welcoming transparent “slice,” piqued the Lindemanns’ interest in supporting arts scholarship and performance at Brown, she added. The building was designed by the architecture firm REX, led by founder and principal Joshua Ramus, who is himself a musician.

“Frayda is deeply passionate about the arts, and she and I are both committed to supporting performing artists before all else,” Ramus said. “She completely understood my vision for the design of Brown’s performing arts center. I wanted to create a building that was ambitious — but most importantly, one that didn’t get in the way of empowering everyone from performers to artistic directors to stagehands to do their best work.”

Mrs. Lindemann said she and George Lindemann Sr. were also impressed by the University’s vision for the future of the arts at Brown — a vision in which The Lindemann Performing Arts Center will play a key role.

“President Paxson’s plans are ambitious and future-thinking,” Mrs. Lindemann said. “She wants Brown to lead the way in changing the landscape of the arts in the Ivy League, to make the arts more accessible to surrounding communities. George Sr. and I admired her deeply for that.”

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Location: College Hill Campus, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Performing Arts Center for Brown University

With a radical, one-of-a-kind approach to spatial, acoustic and technical flexibility, Brown University’s planned Performing Arts Center (PAC) is designed to inspire innovative new art-making, enable unprecedented artistic collaboration and serve as a hub for performance at Brown.

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Restricting Academic Ties With China Is a ‘Huge, Huge Mistake’ Warns Ivy League College President

Restricting Academic Ties With China Is a ‘Huge, Huge Mistake’ Warns Ivy League College President

Brown University President Christina Paxson said she’s concerned that tighter federal government scrutiny of links with China among U.S. universities will hinder research and ultimately undermine the American economy. “The message that we’ve been signaling out to the world is ‘don’t come’—especially if you’re from China—and I think that’s a huge, huge mistake,” Paxson said in an interview with…

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A surprisingly thoughtful, and short, piece on Brown University's divestment protests.

It is definitely a win to get the Corporation of Brown to vote on divestment--even an 8-day long hunger strike on campus earlier this year couldn't get a vote. There is the thin veneer breaking from President Christina Paxson--for years, she has been quick to say that Brown's endowment cannot be used for political purposes. The fact the Corporation will vote means precisely that the Brown community, as well as people all over the world, will see exactly where Brown University's politics and priorities lie. Do they vote to divest from weapon manufacturers or not?

It is a shame, however, on a few fronts. Peaceful protesters from December will not have charges dropped against them. Personally, I am surprised the undergraduate organizers did not stand firm on dropping the charges against them. It is also a shame that the vote is in October--I suspect Brown is hoping passions will die down by then, and they can vote without much fanfare. Finally, there is no indication that the vote will be in favor of divestment.

Fortunately, it seems like the graduate student organizers are approaching the situation more critically and are not going to become complacent with the university's upcoming decisions.

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Accomplished higher ed leader Sylvia Carey-Butler to lead institutional equity and diversity at Brown

CAUTION, RI [Brown University] – Sylvia R. Carey-Butler, an accomplished college professor with extensive experience leading diversity and inclusion initiatives, has been named Brown University’s next Vice President for Institutional Justice and Diversity, effective August 16, 2021.

Carey-Butler is currently the chief diversity officer at Kennesaw State University. She designed the Diversity and Inclusion curriculum for the American Council on Education’s scholarship program, was named to the Top 100 Diversity Officers by the National Diversity Council in 2021, and was named one of 35 Outstanding Women in Education by Diverse: Issues in Higher in 2020 for their contributions to higher education.

Brown President Christina H. Paxson said that when examining candidates, bringing on board a leader with the ability to innovate new approaches and solve complex challenges with a variety of perspectives from students, faculty, staff and other stakeholders , is of vital importance.

“We are excited to welcome an accomplished leader with a deep understanding of the essential roles of diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education,” said Paxson. “Sylvia has a proven ability as an inclusive worker and a respected problem solver who builds strong relationships across campus. These skills make her an exceptional choice to serve as Brown’s vice president of Institutional Justice and Diversity. “

Carey-Butler reports directly to Paxson and will lead the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, which will play a critical role in Brown’s continued implementation of its groundbreaking Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP). Building on the increased diversity on campus over the first five years of the plan, Brown, Phase II started of the DIAP in April 2021 to focus on breaking down barriers to inclusion and creating a more equitable academic community that enables all members to distinguish themselves as leaders, thinkers and problem solvers.

Carey-Butler will strategize a wide range of programs and initiatives, coordinate education and training, and measure and report on progress in achieving the DIAP goals. It will also administer non-discrimination and other forms of protected class compliance, including compliance with Title IX, and oversee the investigation of complaints in these areas.

Her appointment follows a national search co-chaired by Paxson and Vice President, Campus Life and Student Services Eric Estes, who chaired a committee made up of students, faculty and staff.

“Sylvia was known for her impressive knowledge and experience,” said Estes. “She will make an immediate impact as a leader on campus, especially at a moment when a sustainable, thoughtful approach to working together is required to ensure justice and justice for all members of our community. I look forward to working closely with her to advance the institution’s work on diversity, equity and inclusion. “

Carey-Butler said she looks forward to building on Brown’s efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive campus through existing DIAP initiatives, and to work with students, faculty and staff to find new ways to embrace the essential role of diversity and Inclusion in the university fosters academic excellence.

“I am excited and humble to be selected as the next Brown University Vice President for Institutional Justice and Diversity,” she said. “I look forward to entering into cross-university collaborations to build on the hard work already underway with Phase II of Brown’s Action Plan for Diversity and Inclusion. i’m just as eager to work with internal and external stakeholders to make the lived experiences of all campus stakeholders at Brown even more inclusive, dynamic and fair. “

After a year of multiple challenges uncovering inequalities across the country, Carey-Butler pointed out the importance of addressing diversity and inclusion on campus in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the growing one Concentration at the national level on structural barriers to inclusion based on race, gender and other attributes.

“I am aware that our work could prove difficult if we are fighting two national pandemics at the same time – COVID-19 and racism – but I am confident that the university is committed and able to address both.” , she said. “I also envision Brown as a leader in modeling how historical racial inequalities can be reduced.”

Since joining Kennesaw State University in Georgia in 2019, Carey-Butler has led the university’s initiative to develop a long-term action plan for diversity and inclusion. set clear, meaningful, and measurable goals and metrics; and developed strategies and programs aimed at successfully recruiting and retaining students, faculty and staff. Among other things, she heads the university’s Presidential Task Force on race, built diversity liaisons in all of the KSU’s academic colleges and implemented a team of student diversity ambassadors.

From 2013 to 2019, she was Assistant Chancellor for Academic Support for Inclusive Excellence at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where she was responsible for building collaborative partnerships across campus to create a fair campus climate and inclusive learning environment.

As a former interim executive director of the Institute for Capacity Building of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and director of the UNCF’s Enrollment Management Program, Carey-Butler has also held numerous higher education positions in New York State. She previously served as the Assistant Probstess and Honorary Dean at Dillard University in New Orleans and as the Assistant Dean of Studies at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

In addition to her leadership positions at universities, Carey-Butler has researched and presented in depth on student recruitment and retention, African American administrators in academia, and African American men in higher education. She is the former chair of the Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area Community Food Pantry and the Oshkosh Housing Authority.

Carey-Butler earned a Ph.D. in higher education administration and policy from Vanderbilt University and a masters degree in social sciences from Binghamton University. She is from Schenectady, New York and holds a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Oneonta.

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Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education

Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education

Brown Commencement Will Be In Person — Without Guests Jan. 22, 6:09 a.m. Brown University announced that its commencement, May 1-2, will be in person, but that guests will not be welcome. Christina H. Paxson, Brown’s president, said she consulted with public health experts before making the decision. There will be live webcasts for guests. “Should circumstances improve, we will consider relaxing…

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Research Project Data Management

I’ve chosen as DataSet, the information provided by GapMinder Organisation.

After reading the Code Book, I am specially interested in the link between life expectancy and the developement conditions for women.

Main question I’d like to ask is:

- Is the life expectancy of women linked to their employment rate?

And the second question is :

- Is this female employment rate linked to the level of democracy in her countries?

These are the variables that should be used:

These variables are: FEMALEEMPLOYRATE, LIFEEXPECTANCY and POLITYSCORE

When checking the existing research literature, for example, “Women's Work and Economic Development (Kristin Mammen and Christina Paxson, in             Journal of Economic Perspectives ) we can launch a hypothesis: LIfe expectancy is deeply linked with the incomes and therefore with their employrate. However, this relation is not that clear regarding the level of democracy of their countries.

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Paxson hopes to announce spring semester plans by end of October Though College plans for the spring semester should not but “set in stone,” President Christina Paxson P’19 introduced at a college assembly Tuesday that she hopes to make an preliminary choice by late October. Paxson stated on the assembly that the College is now making ready “as if all college students will probably be invited to return to campus” within the spring. Paxson stated that “to this ... #announce #correct_success #credit_cards #credit_score #finance #financial_health #hopes #october #paxson #plans #semester #spring

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ICE’s (Now Rescinded) Regulation Would Have Been Detrimental To America

By Terry Li, University of California, San Diego Class of 2021

July 29, 2020

On July 6, 2020, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that foreign students on student visas will be barred from entering the United States or forced to leave the country, if their educational institution were to operate on a fully remote basis this coming fall semester. Meanwhile, international students attending educational institutions offering hybrid models must attend at least one in-person class to maintain an active visa status. [1] This came as a shock to the 1.1 million international students currently holding active student visas, [2] and alarmed many educational institutions with prior plans to operate on a fully remote basis in the fall, including Harvard University [3].

This policy was presumably introduced to reinforce pressures exerted by the Trump administration on schools to reopen in the fall. In the same week ICE announced its regulation, Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from schools that are not resuming in-person classes this fall in a tweet, citing the successes in “Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries” where “SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS”. [4] This was met with outrage from educators, doctors, and legislators alike. In a joint statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association and AASA, and The School Superintendents Association, Trump’s threat was described to be “a misguided approach” that placed “already financially strapped schools in an impossible position that would threaten the health of students and teachers”. [5] Yet, even with tremendous pushback from different parties, and record-breaking surges in the number of coronavirus cases in various states, the Trump administration has continued pressuring schools to reopen in the fall.

So what exactly would this regulation have meant for international students?

Thousands of foreign students who are currently in the United States would have faced the difficult choice of either having to leave the country immediately, or having to attend in-person classes in the midst of a worsening pandemic. Should they fail to do either, they could face drastic legal consequences, including deportation. Having to grapple with this tough decision is more difficult than one might imagine, however, for the former option has been rendered largely impossible due to pre-existing travel bans between the United States and other countries. Moreover, forcing international students to continue with their studies in their home countries presents them with a host of other problems, including time zone differences, internet (in)accessibility, and (un)availability of resources such as textbooks and course materials.

In the bigger picture, this policy would also be detrimental to the United States as a whole. Not only do international students contribute to maintaining a diverse student population, and serve as a robust source of funding to many educational institutions around the country, they have also proven to be indispensable to the American economy. According to the Department of Commerce and NAFSA, international students contribute over $44 billion a year to the economy, and create more than 458,000 jobs in the country, either directly or indirectly. They are also known to be a crucial source of talent for many American companies, particularly in cutting-edge fields, including those closely related to STEM disciplines. [6] In fact, more than half of American tech unicorns [7] and nearly half of Fortune 500 companies [8] were started by first or second-generation immigrants, many of whom were former international students at American colleges.

In periods of high unemployment such as that currently faced by the United States, alongside other economies in the world, these companies prove to be all the more vital in helping the country recover from a global recession. They create high-paying jobs, improve productivity, and positively transform the consumer experience for all American citizens and those residing in America. [9] Many American universities have realized this as well, publicly voicing their dissent with ICE's new regulation. On July 8, 2020, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became the first colleges to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration [10], with the University of California (UC) following suit shortly after. [11] In no time, representatives from other colleges, such as President Christina Paxson of Brown University, have also publicly rebuked the new regulation and expressed their solidarity with international students. In a statement supporting the Harvard and MIT lawsuit, Paxson deemed the rule to be “nothing short of cruel”, saying that she would work with faculty to minimize the chances of students having to leave the country. [12]

Brown University President Christina Paxson’s statement, extracted from Brown’s website [13]

A few days after ICE’s new regulation was announced, close to 100 Democrats signed a letter urging the Secretary of Homeland Security to rescind the new policy. “This new policy would effectively punish international students at colleges, universities, and other institutions that have decided to move their courses online in order to protect their communities from COVID-19.” the letter reads. [14] 98 other Democrats have also joined Senator Elizabeth Warren in calling ICE’s new regulation xenophobic. In a tweet on July 10, Warren wrote that “[t]hreatening to deport international students and using them as a pawn to coerce colleges to reopen this fall is cruel, senseless, and xenophobic. Nearly 100 senate and House members joined me in urging @ICEgov and @DHSgov to withdraw this dangerous proposal”. [15]Noting the immense contribution that international students bring to the country, many lawmakers around the country have similarly warned against the irresponsible and forcible removal of international students.

As of writing, ICE’s regulation has since been rescinded by the Trump administration. Even with the reversal, however, the number of international students coming to America this fall might be lower than before, partly because of the global pandemic, and also due to various factors unrelated to administration policy [16]. Ultimately, the United States stands to lose thousands of jobs, millions of talented individuals, and billions of dollars with policies like this one. While the regulation itself was only targeted at the upcoming fall semester, its xenophobic undertones would likely have had lasting impacts. It could potentially deter international students from pursuing their studies in higher education in the United States, and discourage foreigners from immigrating into the country. As a country which prides itself in having a diverse and inclusive population, as well as robust opportunities for all to realize their dreams, policies as such should not be the way forward.

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[1] https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-modifies-temporary-exemptions-nonimmigrant-students-taking-online-courses-during

[2] https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-data-mapping-tool/january-2020-sevis-data-mapping-tool-data

[3] https://www.wbur.org/edify/2020/07/06/harvard-undergraduate-fall-reopening-plan

[4] https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/trump-schools-reopening-federal-funding-352311

[5] https://services.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2020/pediatricians-educators-and-superintendents-urge-a-safe-return-to-school-this-fall/

[6] https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/11/19/new-international-student-enrollment-in-us-has-fallen-10-since-2015/#3838024e1ae9

[7] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/24/unicorns-with-immigrant-founders-include-uber-spacex-wework-palantir.html

[8] https://www.newsweek.com/immigrant-founded-fortune-500-companies-us-gdp-1450498

[9] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rajshreeagarwal/2020/07/06/us-consumers-and-producers-need-immigration-in-the-post-covid-world/#63eec9986d45

[10] https://www.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/content/sevp_filing.pdf?referringSource=articleShare

[11] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/09/uc-will-sue-the-trump-administration-over-international-student-ban-joining-harvard-mit.html

[12] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/harvard-mit-sue-block-ice-rule-international-students-71670205

[13] https://www.brown.edu/news/2020-07-08/international

[14] https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020.07.09%20Letter%20to%20ICE%20and%20DHS%20re.%20international%20students%20taking%20online%20classes%20being%20able%20to%20stay%20in%20U.S_3.pdf

[15] https://www.theepochtimes.com/99-democrats-demand-ice-rescind-new-visa-policy-for-international-students_3420287.html

[16] https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-14/trump-administration-rescinds-rule-on-foreign-students