Officials from Columbia and the White House met in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to discuss the terms of a deal that would restore most of the $400 million in canceled federal funding to the University, a person with knowledge of the meeting told Spectator.

Barnard students will have the opportunity to take courses at the Jewish Theological Seminary for credit toward their Barnard degree at no additional cost beginning in fall 2025, JTS announced in a July 7 news release.

Acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, apologized directly to trustee Shoshana Shendelman, VP&S ’03, ’04, ’05, after Shipman received a July 1 letter from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce that included leaked text messages in which Shipman called for the removal of Shendelman from the board, a University spokesperson told Spectator.