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....
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...
Shafik — who became Columbia University’s first woman president last year — led the Ivy League institution through a turbulent period. She had been part of awave of women newly appointed to lead Ivy League universities across the country. ...
“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-...
"I have five cases at the moment [of employees] who have either been either taken out of the classroom or dismissed," the president said. "He will he will never work at Columbia again." Stefanik responded, "So he has been terminated?" ...
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik said the university "will not divest from Israel" on Monday morning. Protesters intend to remain at the building until Columbia University concedes to their demands on divestment from Israel, financial transparency on the university's investment as well as...
“We condemn the antisemitism that is so pervasive today,” Columbia President Nemat Shafik said in an opening statement. “Antisemitism has no place on our campus, and I am personally committed to doing everything I can to confront it directly.” ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign over her handling of anti-Israel demonstrations on campus.
Yadegar added she is not looking for the president to step down, but said, "I want the president of Columbia to take the action that she says she is going to take, and I believe there is still hope for her to do that." "I've met with President Shafik. I don't...
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