The University of Missouri System has hired a chancellor for its flagship campus in Columbia .
System President Mun Choi said Alexander Cartwright is the right person to lead the school as it faces challenges that are "very urgent and compelling."
Cartwright is the first permanent replacement for R. Bowen Loftin, who resigned in November 2015 amid racial protests. Cartwright currently is State University of New York provost and executive vice chancellor
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