Columbia University deans resign after ‘antisemitic tropes’ scandal

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Three Columbia deans have resigned from the university three months after engaging in a text exchange that the university’s president said “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.”

Susan Chang-Kim, the college’s vice dean and chief administrative officer; Cristen Kromm, the dean of undergraduate student life; and Matthew Patashnick, the associate dean for student and family support, are resigning, a university spokesperson told the Washington Examiner. They had been placed on indefinite leave in June as an investigation continued.

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