On Saturday, March 8, Columbia alum and activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This is a developing story.

On Friday, March 7, the Trump administration announced the cancellation of $400 million in federal funding to Columbia due to its alleged inaction against the harassment of Jewish students.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest held a protest in the Milstein Center lobby on Wednesday, March 5. Demonstrators expressed a number of demands, including the reinstating of three expelled students and a public meeting with Barnard President Laura Rosenbury and Dean Leslie Grinage.

On Monday, March 3, Barnard President Laura Rosenbury published an op-ed in The Chronicle Of Higher Education addressing recent student protests and student expulsions. Rosenbury shared the op-ed in an email to the Barnard community on Tuesday, March 4.

On Thursday, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) held a picket line in front of the Barnard main gates, demanding the reinstatement of two expelled Barnard students. Student protesters picketed outside the Barnard gates Thursday, demanding the students expelled for disrupting a History of Modern Israel class be reinstated. CUAD posted the call to picket on […]

On Wednesday, February 26, a group of students held a sit-in in Milbank Hall, protesting the expulsion of two students involved in the disruption of a History of Modern Israel class last month.

On Tuesday, February 25, the office of former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that he will be joining the Columbia Institute of Global Politics for a one-year appointment.

The United States Department of Education released a letter Friday outlining college and university responsibilities to remove the consideration of race in campus activities and operations.

On Tuesday, leadership at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons issued a statement announcing pauses on hiring, travel, events, and other activities as President Trump’s orders to cut medical research funding are challenged in court.

On Wednesday, February 11, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) held a rally and political education session protesting against President Trump’s call to take control of Gaza.

In an email from Barnard Provost Rebecca L. Walkowitz, Barnard welcomed Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz as Dean of Barnard Library.

On Monday, three students filed a lawsuit against Columbia, claiming the University violated its own policies when disciplining students involved in protests and the encampment during the spring of 2024. 

Interim President Armstrong emailed the Columbia community responding to the potential halting of federal funding.

An alleged Senate proposal titled “Resolution of the Columbia University Senate Proposing a Prohibition on Masking in Classrooms and University Events and Condemning Doxxing” calls for a mask ban throughout campus and denounces doxxing.

On Friday, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) held a protest calling for an end to police presence at Columbia, the opening of the College Walk gates, and a “campus and community that is safe and free for all.” CW: mentions of violence.