Six faculty members expressed uncertainty and concern in interviews with Spectator after former interim University President Katrina Armstrong stepped down from her position Friday and returned to the Columbia University Irving Medical Center as its chief executive officer.

Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, reacted to the appointment of Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, as acting University President in a Friday X post, writing that “while we wish you all good success, we will be watching closely.”

Columbia faculty members, leaders from the American Association of University Professors, and the American Federation of Teachers held a press conference on Wednesday in support of the AAUP and AFT’s joint lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over its cancellation of $400 million in federal funding to Columbia.

Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science admitted 4.29 percent of applicants for the class of 2029, accepting 2,557 students from a pool of 59,616 applications.

The New York Civil Liberties Union called President Donald Trump’s cancellation of $400 million in federal funding to Columbia a violation of First Amendment principles in a Thursday letter sent to the Department of Education, General Services Administration, and Department of Health and Human Services.

Faculty at the Journalism School released a Friday statement defending the First Amendment rights to free speech and free press following Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24. The letter came from the desk of Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb.

The majority of respondents to a February University Senate poll opposed New York Police Department presence on campus, as well as mask bans in classrooms, protests, and at University events, according to a Friday Student Affairs Committee newsletter sent to all Columbia students.