Shafik, who often goes by her nickname Minouche, emigrated from Alexandria, Egypt at age 4 with her family, has cited her upbringing as a pivotal influence on her education, and was praised by Columbia officials as a “perfect candidate” for university president, according to a letter from the Jonathan Lavine, former ...

Student protesters at Columbia University have a history of pushing for divestment. A core demand over the past week by the pro-Palestinian student groups at Columbia University has been for the school to withdraw investment funds from what they describe as companies profiting from Israel's war in Gaza.