When it seemed government agents wouldn’t stop pursuing her, Ranjani Srinivasan fled. But this Columbia University student still doesn’t know why she was targeted.
Board of Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman was appointed acting president with immediate effect, while the board searches for a new president.
Katrina Armstrong, who took over as interim president at Columbia in August, resigned amid a tumultuous year for the university.
Katrina Armstrong is leaving the post a week after the university agreed to a list of demands from the White House.
Faced with the Trump administration’s crackdown and Columbia University's concessions, students say protesting simply isn’t worth the risk.
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After Trump threatened Columbia University with the loss of $400 million in federal funding, the university folded. But Trump's threat was almost surely illegal.
Graduates of the School of International and Public Affairs chanted 'Free Palestine' as they destroyed their sheepskins.
It’s the first application cycle since pro-Palestinian protests swept the campus and the University found itself in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration.