Shipman graduated from Columbia College in 1986 with a degree in Russian studies. She was one of the first women to graduate from the college: The first fully coeducational class graduated in 1987.

On Capitol Hill last April, Claire Shipman, then a co-chair of Columbia University’s board of trustees, testified that she agreed there was a “moral crisis on our campus,” with students and ...

When Harvard President Alan Garber took the stage at commencement, he was met with cheers. Days earlier, Columbia acting President Claire Shipman was booed.

Jewish students were by far the most likely to report that political conversations about controversial topics strained their ...

The university's acting president says that the school is approaching ‘a tipping point’ over its federal funding.

In a confusing turn of events, the National Institutes of Health told staff that it would free up some frozen funding to the ...

The university has largely complied with the administration’s demands, but has adjusted them in meaningful ways. One ...

Researchers at the Ivy League university got word Wednesday that the three-month funding pause was lifted, but hours later ...

Claire Shipman, Columbia University’s new acting president, had called last year's congressional hearings on campus antisemitism "nonsense" in a text to the former university president.

Students reportedly interrupted a Columbia University graduation ceremony, chanting “Free Mahmoud” while heckling Acting University President Claire Shipman. The disruption occurred as Shipman began ...

Who is Claire Shipman? The Columbian University said Claire Shipman has served as a Co-Chair of the Columbia University's Board of Trustees since 2023, and has been on the Board since 2013.

Columbia University has been at the epicenter of campus unrest over the Israel-Hamas war — and at Wednesday’s graduation ceremony, acting President Claire Shipman did not ignore the moment.