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Columbia University's interim president stepping down: What we know

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. 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. Columbia was the epicenter of campus protests last year against Israel's war against the Gaza Strip.

Columbia University ‘not even close’ to meeting Trump’s demands to restore $400M in funding, antisemitism task force chief says

The head of the federal task force to combat antisemitism dismissed “rumors” Thursday that Columbia University was nearing a deal to restore $400 million in federal funds frozen by the Trump administration, arguing that the Ivy League school was “not even close” to meeting President Trump’s demands.

Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants

Columbia University is getting close to yielding to President Trump’s demands in negotiations to restore $400 million in federal funding, according to people close to the discussions.

Columbia has until Thursday to agree to nine far-reaching demands by the Trump administration. The government canceled the grants and contracts over campus antisemitism allegations earlier this month but gave the university a review period.

State Department Revokes Columbia University Student’s Visa

A Columbia University student left the country this week after the State Department revoked the person’s visa, according to Homeland Security.

Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was canceled on March 5 for “advocating for violence and terrorism,” the agency said Friday. It didn’t provide any additional details about the alleged conduct of Srinivasan, who it said was an Indian citizen pursuing a doctoral degree in urban planning...

Feds revoke visa of Columbia University student over pro-Palestinian activity, protester busted

The Department of State revoked the visa of a Columbia University student, while federal immigration officials arrested a Palestinian protester for overstaying an expired student visa, the Trump administration confirmed Friday. On March 5, Ranjani Srinivasan, a doctoral student in Urban Planning at Columbia, had their student visa revoked over alleged involvement in “activities supporting Hamas,” a U.S.-designed terrorist organization, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS targets more pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University

Kordia was among the pro-Palestinian activists arrested in the spring of 2024 for protesting at Columbia University, the agency added. DHS also shared video footage of Ranjani Srinivasan, who is from India and had been studying for her doctorate at Columbia with a student visa, leaving the country Tuesday after having reported her intention to depart on the Customs and Border Protection app. The State Department had revoked her student visa last week, a DHS announcement said, and the agency accused her of “supporting Hammas [sic], a terrorist organization.” The...

Columbia University expels students involved in pro-Palestinian building occupation last spring

A student protester waves a Palestinian flag above Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. Following a pro-Palestinian protest last year that drew worldwide attention, Columbia University recently announced that it has expelled or suspended students involved in the protest. In a campuswide email on Thursday, the university said that a judicial board has brought a variety of sanctions against students who participated in a building occupation in protest against the war in Gaza last spring, according to The Associated Press. Along...

U.S. arrests second Columbia University pro-Palestinian protester, vowing wider crackdown

Columbia University punishes protesters who occupied building

Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests.

The announcement came a week after President Donald Trump's administration announced that it had canceled $400 million in federal grants and contracts in response to what it said was the Ivy League school's poor response to antisemitism on campus.

Columbia University revokes degrees of pro-Palestinian student protesters

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Columbia University announced on Thursday that it expelled or suspended some of the students who occupied a campus building last year in protest of Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Ivy League school in New York City also said it had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students involved in the protests who have since graduated but did not provide additional information. Columbia announced its decision in a campuswide...

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