In the Media
The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2024
Antisemitism and calls for genocide have no place at a university. My priority has been the safety and security of our community, but that leaves plenty of room for robust disagreement and debate.
IMF Finance & Development, September 2023.
Nicholas Owen profiles Columbia’s Minouche Shafik, whose career spans international development, central banking, and writing on the social contract.
Columbia Magazine, August 23, 2023
She’s a top economist, an expert on international development, a baroness, and a global citizen. How will she lead Columbia?
The New York Times, July 21, 2023
The artificial pond in Morningside Park, on the site where Columbia University once tried to build a gym, has been covered with toxic algae for years.
El País, July 9, 2023
Columbia University’s first female president takes office just as the Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in education
LBC, April 17, 2023
Financial Times, April 9, 2023
There are precedents for what works — cross-party agreement on reforms that can be sustained for a generation.
The Conversation, April 4, 2023
For the first time, a majority of Ivy League schools will soon be led by women.
City & State New York, March 13, 2023
Fordham University, Columbia University, and New York University have all hired women to lead them in the past year, marking historic milestones for the universities.
Insight Into Diversity, February 14, 2023
Several universities have made history in the past few months by appointing women to lead their institutions for the first time, and other higher education institutions have recently announced similarly historic appointments.
Politico, January 27, 2023
Higher education’s most well-known and selective institutions will be mostly led by women this year.
Columbia Daily Spectator, January 18, 2023
Shafik, a leading economist, will begin her new role on July 1.
Columbia Daily Spectator, January 18, 2023
Upholding Columbia’s status as a “global institution” is one of Shafik’s top priorities, she said at an event on Wednesday.
The New York Times, January 18, 2023
An economist who runs the London School of Economics, Dr. Shafik will take over as higher education faces tumult over cost, free speech and a likely end to affirmative action.
The Washington Post, January 18, 2023
Shafik, an economist, now leads the London School of Economics and Political Science.
The Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2023
Shafik, an economist, currently leads London School of Economics and Political Science; six of the eight Ivy League schools will have a woman as president.
CBS News, January 18, 2023
A woman will lead Columbia University for the first time.
NPR, January 18, 2023
Columbia University announced Wednesday that Nemat "Minouche" Shafik, an economist who has served as president of the London School of Economics since 2017, will be its next president.
New York Daily News, January 18, 2023
Columbia University has named Nemat “Minouche” Shafik its 20th president — and the first woman to run the school in its 268-year history, the university announced Wednesday.
Manhattan Times, January 18, 2023
Minouche Shafik named new Columbia University president.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 2023
Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, a leading economist whose career has focused on public policy and academe, will become the 20th president of Columbia University on July 1, 2023.
Times Higher Education, January 18, 2023
Former Bank of England deputy governor will replace long-serving president Lee Bollinger.
Ahram Online, January 18, 2023
New York-based Columbia university announced on Wednesday that Egyptian-born figure Minouche Shafik would become its first-woman president next summer.
Al Arabiya, January 18, 2023
Columbia University named former Bank of England Deputy Governor and current London School of Economics President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik as its president, marking the first time a woman has been named to lead the renowned American educational institution.