Mort Zuckerman, the billionaire owner of U.S. News & World Report and former owner of the New York Daily News, put a hold on his donations to Columbia University, after giving “a significant minority percentage” of the $200 million he pledged to create a Mind Brain Behavior Institute, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Zuckerman, who is Jewish, cited Columbia’s “failure to address rising antisemitism,” per the publication.
“The recent decisions and actions taken by Columbia have been antithetical to the university’s mission and it is simply not the same institution it was when Mr. Zuckerman made the pledge,” a spokeswoman for the Zuckerman Family Office told the Free Beacon. “We will continue to evaluate the situation in the hope that Columbia will restore its reputation, standing and mission as a respected educational institution.”
