On Wednesday, Provost Angela V. Olinto and Interim Executive Vice President of University Life Melanie Bernitz announced the University’s new Anti-Doxxing and Online Harassment Policy, stating Columbia’s commitment to “fostering an inclusive, respectful, and safe community, in person and in online spaces.”

The New York Times reported yesterday that a graduate student is suing Columbia over “deliberate indifference” to claims of sexual harassment. The student, who remains anonymous, alleges that William V. Harris, a professor of Greco-Roman History, forced himself upon her, and that when she reported the harassment to colleagues and university officials, they did not […]