Laura Rosenbury: Difference between revisions

'''Laura Rosenbury''' is an American legal scholar who is the ninth president of [[Barnard College]]. Prior to serving at Barnard, Rosenbury was the Dean of the [[University of Florida Levin College of Law]].<ref name="NY Times Announcement">{{cite news |last1=Stack |first1=Liam |title=Barnard College Names Florida Law Dean as New President |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/nyregion/barnard-college-laura-rosenbury.html |access-date=5 January 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Laura Rosenbury Named President of Barnard |url=https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/laura-rosenbury-named-president-barnard |work=Columbia Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UF Dean Laura A. Rosenbury elected ninth president of Barnard College |url=https://news.ufl.edu/2023/03/laura-rosenbury/ |work=news.ufl.edu |language=en}}</ref> She served as President of Barnard College during Barnard and Columbia students' [[April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States|2024 Pro-Palestine Protests]] and oversaw the suspension and evictions of at least 55 Barnard students, alongside Dean Leslie Grinage. <ref>{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2024 |title=Barnard Suspends and Evicts Over 50 Students |url=https://thebarnardbulletin.com/2024/04/20/barnard-suspends-and-evicts-over-50-students/ |website=}}</ref> The

On April 24, 2024 the Barnard College chapter of the [[American Association of University Professors]] unanimously issued a vote of "no confidence" in Rosenbury, by a vote of 102 to 0. on April 22, 2024 and then aOne week later, on April 30, 2024, over 7577 percent of the entire Barnard faculty issued a vote of "no confidence" in Rosenbury, in a vote 228 for and 56 against.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Nick |date=2024-05-01 |title=Barnard president loses vote of no confidence as criticism mounts over protest response |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4634350-barnard-president-loses-vote-of-no-confidence-palestine-protest-response/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> It was the first time in the college's history that a president had been given a vote of no confidence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stahl |first=Maya |title=Barnard faculty pass vote of no confidence in Rosenbury, first recorded instance in college history |url=https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/30/barnard-faculty-pass-vote-of-no-confidence-in-rosenbury-first-recorded-instance-in-college-history/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Columbia Daily Spectator}}</ref>