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Columbia University President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik at a congressional hearing on April 17, 2024.

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  • Columbia University's president took a much stronger stance against antisemitism than her peers did. 
  • She told Congress Wednesday that calling for a Jewish genocide would violate Columbia policies.  
  • The presidents of MIT, Harvard, and UPenn wavered when asked the same question.

In her testimony to Congress on Wednesday, Columbia University's president avoided making the same viral mistakes her fellow college presidents did during their hearings last year.

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Columbia's president managed to avoid the missteps of other elite colleges in h…