WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Columbia University’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, is stepping aside and the co-chair of its board of trustees, Claire Shipman, has been named acting president, the university said in a statement on Friday.
Armstrong is returning to lead the university’s Irving Medical Center, Columbia University said.
“Board of Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman has been appointed Acting President, effective immediately, and will serve until the Board completes its presidential search.”
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Sandra Maler)
