Columbia University selects its new president following a tumultuous two years
Columbia University appoints new president after campus protest turmoil
- Columbia University has appointed Jennifer Mnookin, currently chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as its next president.
- Mnookin will assume her new post on 1 July, becoming the university's fifth leader in the past four years, following a period of significant campus turmoil.
- The university experienced unrest due to campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war and a campaign by the Trump administration to influence student activism.
- This campaign included the cancellation of $400 million in research grants and pressure to adopt a contentious, federally endorsed definition of antisemitism.
- Columbia ultimately reached a settlement, paying over $220 million to restore research funds and agreeing to overhaul its student disciplinary process.