Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said the messages were sent “in a moment of frustration and stress.”

House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is criticizing Columbia University’s president over past comments that the congresswoman said are a potential violation of the Civil Rights Act, including her call to have an Arab person on the university board,

The things I said in a moment of frustration and stress were wrong. They do not reflect how I feel,” Shipman said.