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Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, has resigned amid the unrest that followed the Gaza war. Her resignation, announced on Wednesday, 14 August, precedes the start of the academic year by mere weeks, and marks the end of her roughly one-year tenure. Shafik's decision follows intense and ongoing criticism of her response to pro-Palestinian protests that have significantly impacted the university since October 2023. In her resignation statement, she expressed, “it has also been a period of turmoil where…
