Columbia University’s Interim President Stepping Down: What We Know
Columbia University’s interim president, Katrina A. Armstrong, is stepping down and will return to leading the school’s Irving Medical Center. The university told Newsweek it had nothing additional to share in addition to the announcement and Armstrong’s statement. Why It Matters Columbia was the epicenter of campus protests last year against Israel’s war in the […]
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Columbia University Caves to Trump; Pro-Palestinian Students Fume
By Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has covered weather, and major breaking news events in South Florida. Anna joined Newsweek in 2022 from The National Desk in Washington, D.C. and had previously worked at CBS12 News in West […]
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Donald Trump reacts to ICE arrest of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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