NEW YORK — 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.
Shafik, an economist whose career has spanned public policy and academia, comes to Columbia from the London School of Economic and Political Science, where she served as president since 2017.
“At LSE, she has overseen vast improvements to the student experience and managed significant expansion and infrastructure projects, while maintaining a keen focus on LSE’s academic mission,” read a letter from the Board of Trustees announcing her appointment.
