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Elise Stefanik

August 15, 2024

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik quits over campus pro-Palestinian protest

Ms Shafik becomes the third president of an Ivy-league institution to quit over the demonstrations by students who were aggrieved about Israeli incursion in Gaza.

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik
December 8, 2023

University of Pennsylvania loses $100 million donation over school’s president’s controversial anti-semitic remarks

Although she apologised for the comment, it has not doused concerns about her capacity and competence to lead the institution.

President Elizabeth Magill of the University of Pennsylvania