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 ...
“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-...
The university declined to respond to Johnson's call for Shafik's resignation. Johnson, who also met with Jewish students before his remarks, said he planned to call President Biden later Wednesday to urge him to take action, adding that the National Guard may need to be deployed. "If this...
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after theresignation of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, who brought police onto campus twice last spring to clear protest encampments. When a small group of students occupied a university building, hundreds of police officers surged onto campus, making arrests and...
Shakeup at Columbia University after President Minouche Shafik resigns Pro-Palestinian demonstrators broke out in cheers Wednesday night after the university president announced she would step down. CBS New York's Christian Fan has the latest.
In August, three Columbia University deansresigned from the school,after it was discovered that theyhad exchanged“very troubling” texts that “disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes”. Later that month, Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafikannounced her resignation, following mon...
House Speaker Mike Johnson also called for Shafik's resignationwhen he visited the school Wednesday. Columbia's first woman president Columbia University announced last year Shafik would succeed outgoing president Lee Bollinger. She became the university's 20th president and thefirst woman to hold the...
Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik testified about antisemitism on college campuses before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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