Tracking students’ every move at protests using CCTV footage and Columbia ID swipes. Hiring private investigators—who, on at least two occasions, questioned students outside their residences—and ...

Columbia’s Task Force on Antisemitism issued its second report on Aug. 30—publishing dozens of student testimonies, recommending several updates to the University’s antidiscrimination training and ...

The Manhattan district attorney’s office indicted James Carlson, a 40-year-old male and New York City lawyer, on Monday for allegedly burning an Israeli flag belonging to Jonathan Lederer, CC ’26, ...

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters participated in a “Shut It Down” picket outside the 116th Street and Broadway gates on Tuesday, the first day of classes for the 2024-25 academic year, encouraging ...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations sent a letter to interim University President Katrina Armstrong on Thursday warning of legal action if Columbia complies with the House Committee on Education ...

For six years, the Morningside Park pond sat still and murky, as the waterfall—a once-beloved aspect of the West Harlem community—broke down and was never fully repaired. As the pond continued to ...

Interim University President Katrina Armstrong provided updates about the University’s approach to demonstrations and protests in a Thursday email to the community. Armstrong announced Gregory Wawro, ...

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression handed Columbia a score of zero in its 2025 College Free Speech Rankings on Thursday, assessing the University as “abysmal” for conditions of free ...

This fall, Spectator is reintroducing Discourse and Debate. In an effort to familiarize our readers with the format and style of Discourse and Debate, Spectator Opinion has created this edition as an ...

Former pharmaceutical executive P. Roy Vagelos, VP&S ’54, and Diana Vagelos, BC ’55, made a $400 million donation to the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons on Aug. 22, the single largest ...

Barnard removed on Aug. 11 an Instagram post featuring a student holding a cover of the spring 2024 issue of ArabLit Quarterly, writing on X that the post “was offensive to some in our community.” ...