Columbia University settled its lawsuit with the Trump administration for $200 million on Wednesday, making it the first university to reach a negotiated settlement after the administration filed a spate of lawsuits against elite universities.
The agreement will restore much of the $400 million in grant funding the administration in early March froze after claiming the Ivy League university failed to protect its students from antisemitism during last summer’s protests regarding the war in Gaza.
“The settlement was carefully crafted to protect the values that define us and allow our essential research partnership with the federal government to get back on track,” Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said in a release. Shipman has served as acting president since the former president, Katrina Armstrong, suddenly resigned earlier this year.