New York’s Columbia University president resigns over student protests against Gaza war

The president of the famous Columbia University in New York, Minous Shafiq, announced her resignation yesterday (local time), citing a “period of crisis” during which the institution became the focus of student protests against the war in Gaza. “I am making this announcement now so that the new administration is in place before the start of next semester,” she said in a message published in Columbia’s student newspaper. The university, which he has led since July 2023, was among the first to mobilize at the start of the war that Israel waged against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the Palestinian organization’s bloody attack on its territory on October 7. . Activists and students were forcibly removed on April 30 by riot police and the traditional large graduation ceremony was cancelled. Since then, most students have left campus for summer vacation. The private university was accused by […]
Source: News Beast

You may also like