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Columbia University's interim president, Katrina Armstrong, has stepped down - a departure that comes one week after it agreed to significant changes amid a heated battle with the Trump administration...
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The school is also a top target of Trump’s immigration crackdown targeting students involved in pro-Palestinian activism, including Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia graduate student and green-card h...
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The Morningside Heights university — which had become the epicenter of violent anti-Israel protests — agreed to implement a mask ban and put new leadership in charge of reviewing curriculum for
The head of the federal task force to combat antisemitism dismissed “rumors” Thursday that Columbia University was nearing a deal to restore $400 million in federal funds frozen by the Trump administration,
Columbia University has caved in to demands from the Trump administration in an effort to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding that was yanked over how the school addresses antisemitism on campus.
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Columbia University Interim President Katrina Armstrong is stepping down from her role leading the school, with board of trustees co-chair Claire Shipman taking her place.
Some of the Trump administration’s demands include a mask ban, which Jewish alumni groups and elected officials such as Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres and Mayor Eric Adams support — but the
Among the new changes, Columbia agreed to review its admissions policies, ban protesters from wearing masks, bar demonstrations from academic buildings and to put its Middle East studies department under the supervision of a new senior provost with a mandate to review its leadership and curriculum.
Dr. Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University’s interim president, resigned Friday amid the school’s tussle with the Trump administration over federal funding and criticism around its response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says Columbia University is “on the right track” to recover federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.