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The statement included a cryptic mention of a “concerning revelation” this week, which appeared to refer to comments from Dr. Armstrong at a faculty meeting last weekend.
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Columbia University's interim president has resigned her role just one week after the Ivy League university agreed to change several policies to satisfy demands from the Trump administration.
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On Capitol Hill last April, Claire Shipman, then a co-chair of Columbia University’s board of trustees, testified that she agreed there was a “moral crisis on our campus,” with students and faculty me...
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