Univ. Properties head begins amid conflict
With Roomba property dispute looming in background, Abigail Rider takes charge
Yale’s new director of University Properties is a renaissance woman — a New Haven renaissance woman, that is.
Hailing from Brown University, where she was the director of Real Estate and Administrative Services, Abigail Rider is described by her supporters and co-workers as well-qualified to sustain and bolster New Haven’s “downtown renaissance.” But observers also acknowledged that the University’s recent legal dispute with the owners of Roomba has colored perceptions of the directorship, which critics deem “powerless” in the face of higher-ups within the University...
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