"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 ...
In this April 17, 2024, file photo, Columbia University President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik prepares to testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee during a hearing on Columbia University's response to antisemitism on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.Francis Chu...
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 ...
Columbia University President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik testifies before a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing on "Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism," on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Ken Cedeno) Minouche Shafik, the Columbia ...
During a heated line of questioning at the December hearing, Stefanik asked the university leaders to answer whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” would violate each university’s code of conduct. Liz Magill, then president of Penn, and Claudine Gay, then ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson was met with loud boos as he visited Columbia University, where he joined calls for the president's resignation amid pro-Palestinian protests.
US Congress has subpoenaed Nemat Shafik, president of Columbia University, which has been a hotbed of tensions since the war’s start with Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on Thursday and arrested more than 100 demonstrators, including Isra Hirsi, who is the daughter of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. Omar had questioned Columbia's president, Nemat Shafik, at ahearing Wednesday in...
Following Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s congressional hearing about antisemitism on campus, the encampment drew a larger group of protesters. On April 18, one day after Shafik’s testimony, more than 100 protesters at Columbia University were arrested and an on-campus tent encamp...
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 ...