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Columbia's Interim President Resigns Amid Gaza Protests

3/29/2025

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Katrina Armstrong has stepped down as interim president of Columbia University, succumbing to pressure from the Trump administration after the university agreed to negotiate federal funding. She will return to her role at the Irving Medical Center. Claire Shipman now takes the helm as acting president, as tensions rise over campus protests linked to the Gaza conflict.

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Katrina Armstrong has stepped down as interim president of Columbia University, succumbing to pressure from the Trump administration after the university agreed to negotiate federal funding. She will return to her role at the Irving Medical Center. Claire Shipman now takes the helm as acting president, as tensions rise over campus protests linked to the Gaza conflict.