She is the 3rd Ivy League president to quit in the last year following protests over the Gaza war.
WASHINGTON - Columbia University president Minouche Shafik resigned after a tumultuous period sparked by protests over the war in Gaza, becoming the third leader of an Ivy League school to depart over turmoil tied to the conflict and accusations of anti-Semitism on campus.
She will be replaced on an interim basis by Dr Katrina Armstrong, chief executive officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Centre, the co-chairs of the board of the trustees said in a separate statement. Dr Shafik, who also held leadership positions at the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England, had until now avoided the fate of two other Ivy League presidents, Professor Claudine Gay of Harvard University and Prof Liz Magill of the University of Pennsylvania.
Columbia’s board handed Dr Shafik their backing even in the wake of bi-partisan calls for her to depart led by Republican Representative Elise Stefanik of New York. The group, designated a terrorist organization by the US and European Union, ignited the conflict when it attacked Israel on Oct 7.
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