Columbia President Shafik Quits After Months of Campus Chaos
- Katrina Armstrong to become interim leader of university
- Shafik had faced bipartisan criticism over chaos on campus
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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned after a tumultuous period sparked by protests over the war in Gaza, becoming the third leader of an Ivy League school to depart over turmoil tied to the conflict and accusations of antisemitism on campus.
Shafik, an Egypt-born economist and former president of the London School of Economics, said late Wednesday that she will step down effective immediately, a little over a year after starting the job.