US EditionUW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to Leave for Columbia University at Year-End
Mnookin, chancellor since 2022, led UW-Madison to surpass $1.93 billion in research funding in 2024 before departing for Columbia University at year-end.
- Jan 25, 2026, the university announced that Jennifer Mnookin, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will leave to lead Columbia University, New York City, at year-end.
- Jennifer Mnookin began her UW–Madison tenure on Aug. 4, 2022 after 17 years at UCLA and service as dean of the UCLA School of Law.
- Under Mnookin, the University of Wisconsin–Madison returned to the top five in national research expenditures, surpassing $1.93 billion in fiscal year 2024 and awarding 13,733 degrees to 13,663 recipients with 66% of undergraduates debt-free.
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UW-Madison chancellor leaving for Columbia University
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin is stepping down to become the next president of Columbia University in New York City. Mnookin started at UW-Madison in August 2022, since then leading the university through pro-Palestinian campus protests and funding cut threats from the Trump administration. “Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin brought unbounded energy, resilience, and deeply thoughtful leadership to this gre…
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Columbia University Names Jennifer L. Mnookin as Next President
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia University's Board of Trustees has appointed Jennifer L. Mnookin, a nationally recognized legal scholar who serves as the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to be the next president of Columbia University,…
Columbia University taps University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin as next president
After nearly a year and a half without a permanent leader as pro-Palestinian protests and extraordinary federal scrutiny rocked its campus, Columbia University on Sunday tapped Jennifer Mnookin, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as its next president. Mnookin, a legal scholar focused on the law’s intersection with science, will be Columbia’s fifth president in four tumultuous years. Her departure from UW-Madison and appointm…
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