Columbia’s president steps aside for new leadership at embattled university

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Interim president Katrina Armstrong to transfer to medical center with appointment of board of trustees co-chair Claire Shipman

Columbia University’s interim president has stepped down, the latest leadership shakeup at the Ivy League school, which has been aggressively targeted by the Trump administration over pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

Katrina Armstrong is being replaced by Claire Shipman, co-chair of its board of trustees, who is stepping up as acting president effective immediately, the university said on Friday evening. Shipman is the university’s third president since August, when Minouche Shafik resigned amid intense scrutiny of her handling of demonstrations.

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Airshow reopens after crash leaves pilot fighting for life in Melbourne hospital

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Veteran pilot Glenn Collins was attempting a solo aerobatic manoeuvre at the Avalon Airshow when he lost control

Veteran pilot Glenn Collins has been identified as the pilot who is fighting for his life after crashing during an aerobatics display at the Avalon airshow in front of tens of thousands of spectators.

As Australia’s biggest airshow reopened on Saturday, Paul Bennet airshows confirmed Collins, who performed on its team, was the pilot involved in the crash.

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Tufts student detained by Ice may not be deported without court order, judge rules

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Rümeysa Öztürk was taken from street by masked, plainclothes officers in a Boston-area suburb on Tuesday

A Tufts University student who was detained by US immigration authorities this week, in an arrest that caused widespread outrage, cannot be deported without a court order, a US judge ordered on Friday.

Rümeysa Öztürk, 30, was detained by masked, plainclothes officers as she walked in a Boston-area suburb on Tuesday, an incident that was captured on surveillance footage that has since gone viral. Öztürk, who is being threatened with deportation to Turkey, is a Fulbright scholar and doctoral student in the US with a visa.

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The Academy Apologizes for Not Publicly Supporting ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director After Attack and Arrest – Hollywood Reporter

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  1. The Academy Apologizes for Not Publicly Supporting ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director After Attack and Arrest  Hollywood Reporter
  2. Academy apologizes for not adequately supporting Oscar-winning Palestinian director  NPR
  3. Joaquin Phoenix, Sandra Oh, Emma Thompson and More Sign Letter Condemning Academy for Lack of Support for Hamdan Ballal  Yahoo Entertainment
  4. A Palestinian Oscar-winner's arrest shocked the world. For these Jewish activists, it was terrifyingly normal  Forward
  5. Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army  The Associated Press
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Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Gere, More Denounce Oscars’ Response to ‘No Other Land’ Director Attack – Rolling Stone

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  1. Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Gere, More Denounce Oscars' Response to 'No Other Land' Director Attack  Rolling Stone
  2. How ‘No Other Land’ Became an Unlikely Box Office Success  The New York Times
  3. Joaquin Phoenix, Sandra Oh, Emma Thompson and More Sign Letter Condemning Academy for Lack of Support for Hamdan Ballal  Yahoo Entertainment
  4. Sandra Oh, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay among 600 Oscar voters criticizing lack of Academy support for Hamdan Ballal  NBC News
  5. Film academy apologizes for not naming 'No Other Land' co-director in response to attack on him  The Associated Press
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