Armstrong to Take Sabbatical from Columbia

Armstrong to Take Sabbatical from Columbia

The news was announced the same day that a conservative news outlet published a deposition the former president gave in which she said she had “no memory” of certain events. After stepping down as interim president of Columbia University late last month, Katrina Armstrong will take a sabbatical from Columbia’s Irving Medical Center, where she has served as chief executive officer since 2022, the institution announced Sunday in a brief statement.

Anti-Semitism on Campus? Don’t Recall It, Columbia Tells Feds.

"No specific memory": That's how former Columbia University president Katrina Armstrong responded to federal investigators who asked her about student activists calling for the destruction of the state of Israel. According to a transcript of her deposition at the Department of Health and Human Services obtained by Free Beacon editor in chief Eliana Johnson, Armstrong gave similar answers regarding allegations that students spit on their Jewish c…

Columbia’s Armstrong tells feds she can’t recall specifics of antisemitism on campus

While Columbia announced a series of reforms, Armstrong told a group of faculty members a day later there would be “no changes” to the school’s policy on masked protests and no changes to the disciplinary process. By Eliana Johnson, The Washington Free Beacon Former Columbia University president Katrina Armstrong told the federal government on Tuesday that she could not recall students calling for the destruction of the state of Israel. Nor coul…

Columbia Must Give 30 Days’ Notice Before Sharing Student Records With Congress’ Antisemitism Probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days’ notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday. But U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian stopped short of outright blocking the Manhattan university from complying with the congressional requests, as lawyers for the activists sought. Ins…