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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Brown University extends Paxson's presidential term through June 2028
Brown University President Christina Paxson listens to speakers at a June 2024 event at Hasbro Children's Hospital which announced the school's partnership with the hospital group then known as Lifespan and now known as Brown University Health — one achievement in Paxson's 13-year tenure at the Ivy League university. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) A familiar face will continue to occupy the president's office at Brown University for the next two years. Brown President Christina H. Paxson's contract was set to end on June 30, 2026, but the university's Corporation unanimously approved a two-year extension earlier this month, according to a letter sent by Chancellor Brian T. Moynihan to the Brown community on Tuesday. Paxson's contract will now last through June 30, 2028. Paxson was compensated nearly $1.8 million in 2022, according to the Brown Daily Herald. That represented a 14% decrease from Paxson's record compensation of more than $2 million in 2021, the Herald reported. 'During a tumultuous time facing American higher education, Brown is fortunate to benefit from President Paxson's steady and principled leadership,' Moynihan wrote. 'We are excited that the University will continue to benefit from her strategic vision, boundless energy, unwavering dedication and fortitude during periods of momentous change. Our community has been made stronger by her sincere belief in all the good that Brown can do in the world.' The Corporation of Brown University is the school's equivalent of a board of trustees. Terms for presidents can be extended at any time with mutual agreement from both the Corporation and the president, according to Moynihan's letter. The chancellor noted a 'vigorous' consensus among Corporation members for Paxson's continued tenure, based on her accomplishments in the past 13 years. Paxson, who became Brown's 19th president in 2012, earned her doctorate in economics from Columbia University in 1987. Before joining Brown, she served as dean of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. At Princeton, she founded the school's Center for Health and Wellbeing and served as its director for nine years. She also founded and directed the school's Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging. Paxson's major initiatives have included a wide-ranging campus equity initiative known as Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion, and the Brown Promise, which eliminated loans from the university's financial aid packages. During her tenure Paxson has overseen the launch of the Brown Arts Institute, Data Science Initiative, and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship. 'The uncertainty of the times we are in, while challenging, has reaffirmed my belief in our mission and the dedication of Brown faculty, students and staff to serve the community, the nation and the world with distinction,' Paxson said in a statement. 'Having the opportunity to lead this great university continues to be a privilege and an honor, and the work we have done together has been both fulfilling and inspirational.' Paxson's research bibliography includes economic analyses of early-life poverty, health, educational attainment, and other factors' influence on long-term outcomes in health, income and inequality. Papers by Paxson have investigated the socioeconomic impact of Hurricane Katrina, how a dearth of health services exacerbated the AIDS pandemic in Africa, and how rural Thai households managed their savings income amid agricultural dry spells. The first article listed in Paxson's CV is a 1986 study she co-authored that examined how differences in work hours were driven mainly by the kinds of jobs people held, rather than by personal preferences or life circumstances. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Epoch Times
16-05-2025
- General
- Epoch Times
How Family Structure Leads to Academic Success
Commentary In 1965, the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan Sixty years later, Moynihan's words still ring true, as evidenced in a While Zill examines the phenomenon of ' This is not surprising, as Moynihan pointed out so eloquently, because family structure is perhaps the most important factor in a child's success, or lack of success, in life. Without such structure, children suffer. Even Rahm Emanuel, the liberal former mayor of Chicago, understands this. After a particularly violent weekend in his city, he Related Stories 4/29/2025 2/14/2025 'This may not be politically correct, but I know the power of what faith and family can do .... Our kids need that structure.' But unfortunately, politicians, activists, and social commentators leave out the critical role Robert Rector of The Heritage Foundation pointed this out when he And as Zill discovered, that gap is continuing to widen. From 1996 to 2019, the odds of a child from an intact family doing better academically than one from a fragmented family increased from 1.45 to 1.68—a 'statistically significant change'—with 60 percent of children from married families receiving 'mostly A' grades compared to 47 percent of those in non-intact families. Better grades result in better opportunities—whether it be getting into college or seeking employment. On the other hand, lower grades tend to continue the cycle of economic and societal despair that negatively impacts so many young people today. For instance, harkening back to Moynihan's prophetic words that the family is the basic socializing unit of American life and affects adult conduct, Zill found that students from non-intact homes tend to have more disciplinary issues than those from married homes. He reports that parents or guardians of students raised in unmarried or fragmented families were more likely to get emails sent to them about schoolwork and conduct concerns than those from married families. And fragmented homes tend to lessen the overall effectiveness of schools. George Will perhaps put it best when he He states that this includes the quality and quantity of reading material children have access to in the home, the amount of electronic entertainment children are subjected to, the amount of homework performed there, and, in his words, 'most important—the number of parents in the home.' He concludes, 'Family disintegration is the stubborn fact that severely limits the efficacy of even the best education policies.' Married parents tend to be more involved in their child's education and overall lives. and when parents are involved, children are more likely to succeed. Children cannot benefit from their parents' involvement in their education if there is no parent capable of being involved—either because the parent is absent or because a single parent is struggling to keep the house functioning on a basic level and does not have the time or mental space to be highly engaged in their child's education. Children need structure—the structure married families provide. If we want all children to succeed, and not just those from married, functioning families, we will need a rejuvenated national commitment to the renewal, preservation, and strengthening of families and parenting. That is how upward, rather than downward, mobility will occur and create productive citizens, along with better and more effective schools, in the future. Reprinted by permission from Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
New York Times
13-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Shamelessness Is Trump's Superpower
Donald Trump, who was well on his way to becoming one of the most corrupt presidents in American history even before he said it would be 'stupid' for the United States not to accept a plane worth hundreds of millions of dollars from Qatar to replace Air Force One, repeatedly attacks his adversaries in part to mask his own violations of the law and of the Constitution. Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, argued in an email that Trump's repeated description of Democrats and liberal programs as immoral is designed to win support for his own agenda: Identity politics, Moynihan wrote, For Trump, Moynihan argued, Trump does this, Moynihan wrote, 'even while making 'fraud' a central trope of his administration in order to justify cutting government services.' During his first and second terms in office, Trump radically altered the Republican Party's moral guidelines to make self-enrichment a routine fact of political life. Matthew Dallek, a political historian at George Washington University, is outspoken in his criticism of Trump. 'Trump,' Dallek wrote by email, Trump's self-dealing, Dallek argued, has become part and parcel of his overwhelming assault on American laws and traditions: In fact, Dallek argues that Trump uses his profiteering as a tool to mobilize supporters: Sarah Kreps, a political scientist at Cornell, emailed her responses to my queries about Trump and corruption: In this context, Kreps continued, I asked Kreps and others whether Trump has been able to get away with self-dealing and profiting from his political position because he is so brazen — so transparent in his crypto deals and in the sale of Trump bibles and Trump sneakers, completely without guilt or shame. Kreps replied: Douglas Kriner, a political scientist at Cornell, elaborated on Kreps's point: In seeking to explain the Democrats' vulnerability to Trump's attacks, Kriner cited Trump's 2024 transgender ads and their message that The transgender commercials, Kriner argued, focus on Trump's victories in 2016 and 2024, despite his liabilities, raise a significant question. Bo Rothstein, a political scientist at the University of Gothenburg, wrote by email: After studying the link between corruption and social trust for three decades, Rothstein wrote, 'It has become clear to me that what most people see as corruption is not limited to bribes and kickbacks. Instead, what they react against is when the principle of impartiality in the implementation of policies is transgressed.' A 2024 article by Rothstein, 'The Future for Social Democracy and the Challenge of Liberalism,' makes the case that I asked a range of scholars for their assessment of Rothstein's analysis, his broad definition of corruption and the effect of Trump's transparent and guilt-free style. Their answers varied widely. Moynihan argued that the view among conservative whites that Democratic policies are corrupt has been carefully cultured and nurtured by the MAGA movement: Rothstein, Dallek contended, 'has a point. Democrats have allowed themselves to be painted as a party of special interests.' But, Dallek stressed, this portrayal of Democrats has been effective largely because it taps into the hatreds emerging under growing partisan animosity, with the result that for Republicans Stanley Feldman, a political scientist at Stony Brook University, provided more detail in an email on Dallek's point: Trump, Feldman continued, 'does not think that anything he does to enrich himself is improper or, at a minimum, that anything that he will be held legally responsible for.' Trump's belief in his ability to enrich himself without legal or political sanction has been reinforced by the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision, Feldman contended, and by the fact that 'he was re-elected after being found guilty of falsifying business records, defamation in the E. Jean Carroll case, and financial statement fraud (as well as other indictments).' Gary Jacobson, a political scientist at the University of California-San Diego, described the ongoing efforts of Trump and his allies in an email: Trump, Jacobson noted, Jacobson notes in a forthcoming paper that Reinforcing Jacobson's argument, Jonathan Weiler, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina, outlined in an email the sustained Republican effort to demonize political adversaries: The focus on elite Democratic corruption, Weiler continued, I asked Daron Acemoglu, an economist at M.I.T. and a recent Nobel laureate, what he thought of the high percentage of voters, Republicans and Democrats, who view the opposition party as corrupt. He replied by email: At the same time, Acemoglu added, Some of those I contacted were explicitly critical of Rothstein's arguments. Cindy Kam, a political scientist at Vanderbilt, wrote by email: One thing is clear: Trump's sustained claims of Democratic and liberal corruption has not prevented the steady erosion of his status. Since taking office, Trump's approval rating has been on a consistent downward trajectory, falling to 45.8 percent on May 12 from 50.5 percent on Jan. 27, according to RealClearPolitics. Over the same period, his disapproval rating rose to 50.1 percent from 44.3 percent. Any normal — or rational — politician looking at those numbers would seriously consider a major shift in direction. Trump, however, is neither normal nor rational.
Irish Independent
08-05-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
Housing crisis puts older people at risk of abuse, charity finds
The organisation has expressed concern over figures revealed by the Irish Independent revealing that complaints of elder abuse more than doubled over a three-year period to a record 7,500. It said the figures are 'deeply distressing' and highlight the 'urgent need' for adult safeguarding legislation which has been debated in the Oireachtas since 2017 but never been enacted. But the organisation, which supports older people living independently, pointed to the housing crisis as a potential cause behind the spike in cases. It said adequate housing options are essential for safeguarding older people. 'Inadequate housing often exacerbates the risk of abuse and neglect among older people, leaving them exposed to precarious living conditions and vulnerable to exploitation,' said Alone CEO Sean Moynihan. According to the latest census, there were 440,000 young adults, or 41pc of all 18 to 34-year-olds, living at home with their parents in 2022. One in five 30-year-olds still live at home. 'The current housing crisis, which is resulting in adults living at home with their older parents for longer, can create the conditions for elder abuse to occur,' Mr Moynihan said. Figures provided by the HSE for 2023 show there were 4,264 complaints of abuse relating to people aged between 65 and 79-years-old, and 3,239 relating to people over 80. Of the complaints relating to abuse of 65 to 79-year-old: 1,660 or 39pc involved psychological abuse; 1,117 or 26pc involved physical abuse; 650 or 15pc involved financial abuse; 444 or 10pc involved neglect; 135 or 3pc involved sexual abuse. Of the complaints relating to abuse of those over 80:1,048 or 32pc involved psychological abuse; 809 or 25pc involved physical abuse; 598 or 148pc involved financial abuse; 475 or 15pc involved neglect; 131 or 4pc involved sexual abuse. Preliminary assessments are carried out by HSE teams and these found that in 66pc of cases there were reasonable grounds for a complaint, in twenty cases there were no grounds for a complaint and in 14pc of cases further information was required. ADVERTISEMENT 'Abuse can take many forms: financial, emotional, physical, sexual, verbal, discrimination and neglect,' said Mr Moynihan. 'And it is mostly inflicted by those closest to an older person.' He is urging 'decisive action' to address the issue including the passing of safeguarding legislation for vulnerable adults. This has been on the Dáil agenda since 2017 and there is a renewed commitment in the Programme for Government for the current coalition to progress it. The figures were provided to the Social Democrats TD for Kildare North, Aidan Farrelly, who is calling for the widening of laws around coercive control which currently include marriage, civil partners are people in an intimate relationships, but do not cover relationships between adult children looking after their parents or other older relatives.
Irish Independent
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Alzheimer's ‘tea day' fundraiser in Cork town nearly runs out of cups amid the massive turnout
The Irish Alzheimer's Society relies heavily on fundraisers and donations made by the public to continue to provide services for people living with dementia, as well as their families. The Tea Day was hosted by Aindrias Moynihan TD and Councillor Gobnait Moynihan, and there was a 'huge turnout' on the day, which led to visitors picking up the slack and sorting themselves out with their own mug of tea. 'We had a huge turnout,' Ms Moynihan laughed, 'they all came in at the same time and it got so busy that people had to get their own cup of tea from the kitchen because we couldn't keep up with the amount of people who came in,' she said. 'We were washing cups as quick as we could to fill them with tea,' she added. The Tea Day brought out the best in the community as both businesses and locals baked cakes and treats on behalf of the Irish Alzheimer's Society. 'There was great support locally for the cakes and stuff, as people were making and baking them, and businesses donated cakes as well. 'We are very grateful for that. 'These events are great for raising awareness of this awful, awful illness, and it highlights that there is support out there,' Ms Moynihan added. Visitors who were under time constraints had the chance to grab a takeaway cup of tea or coffee and be on their way. 'We try to spread it out in the morning so there is enough time to come at whatever stage and we do have takeaway coffees as well just in case people don't have the time to sit down, but they can take the coffee away with them,' according to Ms Moynihan. Tea Day Ambassador and Fair City star Úna Crawford O'Brien stated that: ADVERTISEMENT 'Tea is such a small thing, but it creates a moment of pause and comfort in our day. 'For Bryan [her husband, the actor Bryan Murray] and I, tea really is the best time of the day, it's a chance to slow down and connect.' As of Wednesday, May 7, over €2,500 has been raised by the people of Macroom for the Irish Alzheimer's Society through this year's Tea Day. Mr Moynihan added it is 'brilliant to see the continuing and growing support year on year for individuals and families living with dementia.'
