Acting Columbia President Claire Shipman announced the university will rely on a definition of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance , or IHRA. That definition has been criticized by Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, Amnesty International and an array of other groups as conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism.

Columbia University on Tuesday announced it has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. The move is part of significant campus reforms the institution is making ahead of a possible funding deal with the Trump administration.

Columbia University announced Tuesday additional steps it would take to combat campus antisemitism after months of negotiations with the Trump administration to undo cuts to its funding. Among the steps,