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Acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman on Wednesday bizarrely chose to stoke the flames by acknowledging arrested ex-grad student Mahmoud Khalil at the Ivy League school’s chaotic
Columbia University violated civil rights law by “acting with deliberate indifference” toward harassment against Jewish students, the Health and Human Services Department said Thursday night, the Trump administration’s latest accusation of antisemitism against the school.
Columbia University has been at the epicenter of campus unrest over the Israel-Hamas war — and at Wednesday’s graduation ceremony, acting President Claire Shipman did not ignore the moment.
Some newly minted grads torched their diplomas in protest, loudly booing, chanting and brandishing signs denouncing Israel.
Acting President Shipman visited labs across disciplines that are advancing bold solutions to today’s most urgent challenges.