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Columbia's interim president resigns on heels of policy changes to restore gov't funding
Columbia's interim president resigns on heels of policy changes to restore gov't funding
Columbia's interim president resigns on heels of policy changes to restore gov't funding

Published on: 03/28/2025

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by Associated Press

Sat, March 29th 2025 at 9:31 PM

Updated Sat, March 29th 2025 at 9:32 PM

FILE - Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus, April 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

FILE - Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus, April 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University's interim president Katrina Armstrong has resigned, returning to her post running the New York school's medical center.

Armstrong's return to her former job leading the university's affiliated hospital comes days after Columbia agreed to a host of policy changes demanded by the Trump administration as a condition of restoring $400 million in government funding.

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"As I planned when I took on this interim position, and with the support of the Board of Trustees, I am returning to my role as Chief Executive Officer of Columbia University's Irving Medical Center, Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences, and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons," Armstrong wrote in a statement published on the Columbia University website Friday.

Amstrong had stepped into the role after the previous president, Minouche Shafik, resigned following scrutiny of her handling of protests and campus divisions over the Israel-Hamas war.

The university's trustees appointed the co-chair of their board, Claire Shipman, as acting president while the search for a permanent replacement continues.

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