N.Y.U. Chooses Linda Mills as Its Next President

New York University announced Wednesday that its new president would be Linda G. Mills, a professor and administrator at the university for more than 20 years. The selection of Dr. Mills, the first woman to head the institution, based in Manhattan and one of the country’s largest private universities, follows the recent appointments of women to lead other top schools, like Columbia, Harvard, M.I.T., George Washington University and the University of Pennsylvania. She will succeed Andrew Hamilton, who has said he will step down in June after eight years as president.