University President Minouche Shafik wrote a Thursday op-ed in the Financial Times about “the university’s role in the context of a major political crisis like the war in Gaza.”
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BREAKING: The Union Theological Seminary announced on Thursday that its board of trustees endorsed a policy supporting the institution’s divestment from “companies substantially and intractably benefiting from the war in Palestine.”
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The University Senate is calling for a halt on ongoing disciplinary proceedings related to protest activity until the Office of the General Counsel provides information on the Center for Student Success and Intervention’s jurisdiction to adjudicate.

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After Columbia restricted access to its Morningside campus to students who reside in on-campus housing and “essential personnel” on April 30, many students were left with limited dining options. In response, students and faculty organized community meals.

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A 57-year-old man drove a car into a crowd of protesters on Tuesday at a picket organized by CUAD outside a Barnard trustee’s home, an NYPD spokesperson said. The driver hit and injured one protester, and both were arrested alongside another protester.

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BREAKING: All Columbia undergraduates and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences students in “teaching or academic support roles” will be able to access Morningside campus beginning Wednesday at 8 a.m., according to a Tuesday email from COO Cas Holloway.
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Former NBA player and entrepreneur Troy Murphy, GS ’16, will be the keynote speaker for the 2024 School of General Studies Class Day ceremony, General Studies Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch announced in a Monday email to students.
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Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the Amsterdam Avenue gates in a “Citywide Day of Rage for Gaza” protest at around 4 p.m on Monday, before traveling over 50 blocks downtown to join hundreds in a demonstration that lasted over six hours.
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Yusuf Hafez, CC ’24, criticizes the University’s refusal to assist him after he was publicly doxxed. Highlighting a trend in administrative inaction, he writes, “Muslim and Arab students were not being seen because Columbia refused to see them.”

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Ruth Simmons, scholar, author, and former university and college president will deliver Barnard’s 2024 Commencement address, Barnard President Laura Rosenbury announced in a Monday email to the senior class.

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The General Studies Student Council voted on Thursday against holding a referendum about the University’s divestment from Israel, the cancellation of the Tel Aviv Global Center, and the termination of the dual degree program with Tel Aviv University.

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Union Theological Seminary President Serene Jones wrote to the UTS community on Wednesday morning to “adamantly condemn” University President Minouche Shafik’s authorization of the New York Police Department’s Tuesday night sweep of occupied Hamilton Hall.
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BREAKING: Columbia Commencement ceremonies, initially scheduled for May 15, have been canceled, and Class Days will take place at the Baker Athletics Complex and other off-campus locations, according to a Monday announcement. columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/05/0…

Condemning its response to recent protests on campus, professor emerita Marianne Hirsch argues that the University has laid bare its misguided priorities and put “students, faculty, and residents of its surrounding neighborhoods in harm’s way.” l8r.it/bNPv

From April 26 to 29, @columbiaspec took over 100 portraits of student protesters, faculty, and personnel at Columbia: trib.al/70poLMn

What an indescribable feeling it is to see Columbia Daily Spectator on the latest cover of New York Magazine. Our very own student journalists reported, wrote, photographed, and illustrated a three-story package that gives an intimate portrait into Columbia University: a campus in crisis.

Isabella Ramírez and I wrote a letter detailing the NYPD’s treatment of Columbia Daily Spectator reporters—who were shoved, chased, and belittled while trying to do their job. Proud and honored to lead this amazing, hard-working group of student journalists.
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