Columbia University

As Columbia University resumes classes Tuesday, students and faculty are planning, and bracing, for a resumption of the pro-Palestinian protests that convulsed campus at the tail end of the spring semester and touched off a wave of college demonstrations nationwide.

As Columbia University resumes classes Tuesday, students and faculty are planning, and bracing, for a resumption of the pro-Palestinian protests that convulsed campus at the tail end of the spring semester and touched off a wave of college demonstrations nationwide. Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student groups, picketed outside the Manhattan campus as the first day of class began....

NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

A new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force describes a hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students at the New York City institution during the last school year.

News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports. 

Columbia’s upper Manhattan campus was at the center of a protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war that swept college campuses nationwide

Administrators at Columbia University announced a change to campus access weeks before students and staff return for the 2024-2025 academic year. Starting Monday, the university’s color-coded campus status moved to “orange,” which only allows for Columbia-affiliated persons onto campus. Students and staff must carry proper identification while on the school’s Manhattan campus. “This change is intended to keep our...

The Brooklyn home of a Columbia University administrator was hit by vandals Thursday morning, apparently related to the protests of the war between Israel and Hamas on the Ivy League campus. Red paint was splattered on the façade and the ground, along with live crickets released inside the building. NBC New York’s Myles Miller.

Three Columbia University administrators have been permanently removed from their posts. News 4’s Chris Glorioso reports. 

Columbia University has removed three administrators from their positions and will keep them on indefinite leave after finding that text messages they exchanged during a campus discussion about Jewish life “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.”

Dozens protested after they were were disappointed with D.A Alvin Bragg over the decision to drop charges against demonstrators that took part in the takeover of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports. 

Tents are back up on Columbia University’s campus as pro-Palestinian protesters hope to reach alumni visiting this weekend.  News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

Pro-Palestinian protesters returned to Columbia University’s campus on Friday evening to retake the school’s South Lawn just weeks after dramatic action by the NYPD to clear the grounds. Protesters returned to the lawn for the first time in weeks with a number of tents and banners in the middle of the university’s alumni weekend. The protesters were identified as...

Thirty-four people were taken into custody on Friday after pro-Palestinian protesters stormed the Brooklyn Museum. 

A New York real estate developer was charged with assault after police said he struck a woman with his car during a pro-Palestinian demonstration led by students connected to the Columbia University protest encampment. Reuven Kahane was arrested Tuesday. The woman he struck was also arrested, but a charge of criminal mischief was dropped Wednesday by the Manhattan district attorney....

Columbia said it is canceling its university-wide commencement because of security concerns. Instead, the school said students can celebrate at “smaller, school-based ceremonies.” Meanwhile, more pro-Palestinian protests continue at other NYC campuses, like at Hunter College on the Upper East Side. NBC New York’s Chris Jose and Gaby Acevedo have team coverage.

Columbia University announced its decision Monday to cancel university-wide commencement ceremonies amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled college campuses across the country in recent weeks.

An NYPD officer accidentally discharged his gun inside a Columbia University administration building while clearing out protesters camped inside, the department disclosed late Thursday.

Pro-Palestinian protesters were marching again on Friday after a series of police sweeps broke up more college encampments. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

The NYPD was called to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest at NYU early Friday, while top department officials prepared to detail how an officer’s gun went off during the takedown of a demonstration at Columbia University. Myles Miller reports live from Manhattan.