Tag: Morningside Heights (Manhattan, NY)

Columbia Says Student Protesters Agree to More Talks and to Remove Some Tents

April 24, 2024, 12:24 p.m. ET April 24, 2024, 12:24 p.m. ET Nemat Shafik, the president of Columbia University, at a House hearing last week.Credit…Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The New York Times Columbia University’s president, Nemat Shafik, assured Congress last week that her administration was committed to taking serious action against antisemitism on campus, including by […]

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Columbia Sets Midnight Deadline For Talks to End Encampment

Columbia University set a midnight deadline late on Tuesday for an encampment of student protesters to disband, after which New York City police could be sent in to clear the grounds and make arrests. In an email to the university two hours before midnight, Columbia’s president, Nemat Shafik, said university administrators were in talks with […]

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