Katrina Armstrong has been named interim president,according to Columbia's website. Ina message to the Columbia community, she wrote in part, "As I step into this role, I am acutely aware of the trials the University has faced over the past year. We should neither understate their significan...
“As I have said consistently since her catastrophic testimony at the Education and Workforce Committee hearing, Columbia University’s President Minouche Shafik’s failed presidency was untenable and that is was only a matter of time before her forced resignation,” Stefanik wrote. “After failing t...
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-...
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced her resignation ina messagesent to students and faculty on Wednesday. Shafik’s sudden departure comes after student protests over the Israel-Hamas war engulfed the campus, garnering national attention. In her message, Shafik described the past...
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. ...
The resignation of Columbia University’s president on Wednesday brought a rare moment of consensus between disparate factions across the political spectrum: Minouche Shafik had to go. Republican lawmakers who had lamented pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the country — and particularly at el...
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university face heavy scrutiny for her handling of protests and campus divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. The Ivy League school i...
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ORDERS VIRTUAL CLASSES AS ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS TAKE OVER: 'WE NEED A RESET' House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks during a news conference as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Rep. Marc Molinaro...