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Columbia University acting president booed during graduation speech, faces chants of "free Mahmoud"
Columbia University acting President Claire Shipman was greeted with boos and chants of "free Mahmoud" as she took the ...
Columbia suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library
Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian ...
Columbia faculty rights group condemns university's handling of library takeover: 'Authoritarian ethos'
A faculty rights group at Columbia University condemned the administration for calling the NYPD to gain control over an ...
Graduates Boo Columbia’s President at Commencement After a Fraught Year
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, noted the absence of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate who continues to be ...
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Columbia president booed at graduation ceremony
Claire Shipman, the acting president of Columbia University, was met with boos and chants of “Free Mahmoud” as she prepared ...
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Columbia acting president defends academic freedom at relatively quiet commencement
Acting President Claire Shipman said attacks on institutions of learning are tantamount to attacks on American democracy.
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ICE won’t let Mahmoud Khalil hold newborn as Columbia activist remains detained on day of commencement ceremony
Khalil’s representatives said that ICE’s refusal stood in contrast to the agency’s directives encouraging contact visits and ...
Palestinian Columbia University protester Mohsen Mahdawi allowed to graduate after being freed from ICE custody
Freed Columbia University protester Mohsen Mahdawi was allowed to stride across the graduation stage Monday — just three weeks after being cut loose from an immigration jail. The 34-year-old, who was ...