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 ...
"As president of the university, my immediate responsibility was to ensure the physical safety and security of our community. We were for the most part successful in that respect. Most of our students, faculty and staff understood this priority, welcomed it ...
Columbia University President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik testified Wednesday before a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on the New York City campus after two of her counterparts at other elite colleges resigned amid abacklashover their responses at a...
New Yorkers react to President Trump's first 100 days of second term A 25-hour "speak out" in support of academic freedom at Columbia University came to an end on Tuesday, which was also the 100th day of President Trump's second term. CBS News New York's Jennifer Bisram has a look ...
Palestinian activist detained by ICE over Columbia University protests By Chelsea Bailey, CNN Updated: 2:29 PM EDT, Tue March 11, 2025 Source: CNN President Donald Trump has likened Mahmoud Khalil to a terrorist sympathizer. Others portray him as a Palestinian activist, singled out for his outsp...
The culmination of the monthslong investigative process comes as the university is reeling from the arrest of a well-known Palestinian campus activist, Mahmoud Khalil, by federal immigration authorities last Saturday. President Donald Trump has said the arrest would be the “first of many” such de...
The culmination of the monthslong investigative process comes as the university is reeling from the arrest of a well-known Palestinian campus activist,Mahmoud Khalil, by federal immigration authorities last Saturday. President Donald Trump has said the arrest would ...
The committee held a hearing on “Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University’s Response to Antisemitism.” Alex Wong/Getty Images The US House Committee on Education & the Workforce, chaired by Republican North Carolina congresswoman Virginia Foxx, on Monday called on Columbia President Minouche ...
President Donald Trump has said the arrest would be the “first of many” such detentions. At the same time, the Trump administration has stripped the university of more than $400 million in federal funds over what it calls a failure to combat campus antisemitism. Congressional Republicans ...
The office of the provost will also have new authority to deal with disciplinary action against students involved in protests, although the university president retains the final decision on appeals. Faculty members dressed in black held a vigil Monday outside the university’s gates and spoke out...