Interim president Katrina Armstrong returned to her post running the New York school's medical center after news the university acquiesced to sweeping demands from the White House.

Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University's interim president, is being replaced by Claire Shipman. The university did not offer an explanation for the change in leadership.

Protests against Columbia University are breaking out after the school agreed to the Trump administration's demands to change its policies to restore federal funding. NBC News' Maya Eaglin reports on reactions from students and alumni from the School of International and Public Affairs.

The interim president of Columbia University is stepping down, the school announced Friday, a week after announcing sweeping policy changes – seemingly bowing to the Trump administration’s demands conditioned on federal funding.

Columbia University has appointed Claire Shipman, a co-chair of its board of trustees, as acting president of the institution targeted by the Trump administration with major federal funding cuts. Why it matters: President Trump's administration pulled some $400 million in federal grants and contracts from the school over allegations of antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests on the campus.

The former television journalist and co-chair of the university’s board of trustees takes the helm at a time of significant peril for the institution.

The resignation comes after Columbia caved in to demands from Trump, who claims the school failed to fight antisemitism.

President Minouche Shafik resigned last August in the wake of massive protests that made Columbia the epicenter of student demonstrations over the Gaza war, and that led to a significant police response.