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The Associated Press |
Columbia University’s interim president Katrina Armstrong has resigned, returning to her post running the New York school’s medical center.
BBC |
Columbia University's interim president has resigned her role just one week after the Ivy League university agreed to change several policies to satisfy demands from the Trump administration.
MSNBC |
Protests against Columbia University are breaking out after the school agreed to Trump administration's demands to change its policies to restore federal funding.

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