NEW YORK –Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik announced she was resigning on Wednesday. The announcement came months after she was criticized for her handling of antisemitism on campus and protests in response to the Israel-Hamas war. In a letter sent to students and faculty, ...
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced her immediate resignation Wednesday, months after college protests over the Israel-Hamas war gripped the campus. "I write with sadness to tell you that I am stepping down as president of Columbia University," Shafik wrote in a letter to m...
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik's leadership is under fire. She has been criticized for her recent testimony to Congress over growing concerns about antisemitism on college campuses — and her handling of subsequent on-campus protests.
“Columbia University’s President Minouche Shafik’s failed presidency was untenable,” Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, the face of the congressional crusade against campus antisemitism, tweeted upon learning of Shafik’s resignation. “After failing to protect Jewish students and negotiating with pro-...
In preparation for the fall semester, Columbia University took steps this monthto restrict access to its campus, by limiting it to those with student IDs and other authorized guests. In the letter, the former president said that she and her family had faced "threats and abuse" and expre...
NYPD and the FBI,” she said. “I have spent most of my time since becoming president on these issues, holding over 200 meetings with groups of students, faculty, alumni, donors, parents, some of whom are here, and 20 meetings with other university presid...
House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign over her handling of anti-Israel demonstrations on campus.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), pressed Columbia University's president about pro-terrorism on campus in a congressional hearing.
The transition to the new campus coincided with a new outlook for the college; during the commencement of that year, College President Charles King proclaimed Columbia "a university". During the last half of the nineteenth century, under the leadership of President F.A.P. Barnard, the ...
The statement comes shortly after the university's president Minouche Shafik said on Tuesday that protesters had until midnight to reach an agreement, or the university would explore "alternative options" to clear the encampment. Students occupying Columbia's West Lawn said they are planning to rem...