Minouche Shafik steps down following months of criticism over campus demonstrations
Minouche Shafik, the first woman to head the prestigious university in New York City, appeared before the US Congress in April regarding allegations of on-campus anti-Semitism. Photograph: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The New York Times“This period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has for others in our community,” Ms Shafik wrote in an email to staff and students on Wednesday.
‘Eight times we have changed the place and times of the school’: Afghan women defying the Taliban education ban‘We need the Irish because God gave us the gift of the gab’: Irish-Americans rally behind Kamala HarrisIn her email, Ms Shafik shared that she will be accepting a role with the UK’s foreign secretary, “to chair a review of the government’s approach to international development”.
Ms Shafik, whose tenure began in July 2023 and made her the first woman to head the prestigious university in New York City, appeared before Congress in April, in highly publicised hearings regarding allegations of on-campus anti-Semitism. At about the same time, her decision to call the New York police department on to campus, in response to student protests, drew the ire of students and faculty.
Although smaller demonstrations had begun in October, the university made headlines when students erected dozens of tents on the south lawn in April. As Ms Shafik appeared before Congress, students at the encampment called for the university to divest from Israel. Immediately after the news of Shafik’s resignation, reports of pro-Palestinian protesters celebrating near the university began appearing on X as some members of the Columbia community voiced their support for the change of leadership.
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