article_snippet.sent: Spokesman Doug Levy said in a statement, Columbia University Columbia is committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members' freedom of expression for statements they make in public discussion.
article_snippet.sent: Spokesman Doug Levy added that Columbia University's role is to foster research, and the university's role will not take action that hinders public statements by faculty members.
article_snippet.sent: Columbia University has no position on what faculty members say in public discussion -- that is faculty members individual academic freedom and is provided to faculty members in Columbia University's governing documents, Spokesman Doug Levy said.