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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 ...

Amid widespread calls from US student protesters for their schools to divest from entities that profit from the war in Gaza, the school also said it "has no investments in weapons manufacturers." Many of the concerns from protesters were addressed in meetings between students and administrators, the university said.