Columbia University’s new interim president referred to Congressional hearings over antisemitism on college campuses as “Capitol Hill nonsense.”
Claire Shipman, a former CNN correspondent, co-chaired Columbia’s board of trustees before she stepped into the role of interim president on Friday. The previous interim president, Katrina Armstrong, stepped down amid a struggle with the Trump administration over the college’s handling of antisemitism on campus.
The new university head takes over as the school negotiates for $400 million in taxpayer funding rescinded by the Trump administration. While her effectiveness remains to be seen, Shipman appears to have been at odds with Republicans on Congressional hearings on antisemitism in December 2023.
On December 28, 2023, Shipman sent a message to then-university president Minouche Shafik calling the congressional hearings “Capitol…
