Claire Shipman will be the university's third leader since August, when then-President Minouche Shafik departed following turmoil there over pro-Palestinian protests.

Katrina Armstrong is leaving the post a week after the university agreed to a list of demands from the White House.

Katrina Armstrong has come under pressure amid a high-profile battle with the Trump administration over the university’s federal funding.

Columbia University’s interim president resigned from her position at the embattled Ivy League Friday night, just days after she told the Trump administration she would implement a mask ban — while privately promising faculty she would not.

Columbia University announced Friday that its interim president, Katrina A. Armstrong, was stepping down. The news arrives a week after the university caved to a list of demands from the Trump administration, which refused to restore $400 million in federal funding unless drastic concessions were made.

Armstrong, an Alabama native, joined Columbia’s medical center in 2022. She stepped into the interim role vacated by former university President Minouche Shafik in August.

Katrina Armstrong will be stepping down "effective immediately" as Columbia University's interim president, the school said on Friday. Armstrong was announced as the interim president of the New York City university in August 2024 after then-President Minouche Shafik announced her immediate resignation.

The resignation comes after Columbia caved to demands from Trump, who claims the school failed to fight antisemitism.