Grace El Fishawy

Nineteen alleged hate crimes and bias-related incidents have been reported to Public Safety on Columbia’s Morningside campus since 2015, according to a Spectator review of crime logs. A majority of those incidents did not trigger immediate University-wide communications sent directly to students.

More than a month after Julian von Abele, CC ’21, harassed a group of mostly black students outside of Butler Library, Columbia has declined to release any information regarding potential disciplinary measures to be taken against von Abele. Meanwhile, Barnard’s December decision to ban von Abele from the college’s campus remains in effect, according to a College spokesperson.

Student representatives from six of the eight Ivy League universities assembled in the Jerome L. Greene Science Center Saturday to discuss ways to bolster mental health support and professional development for international students at the second Ivy Council for International Student Affairs Fall Conference.

University President Lee Bollinger formally inaugurated The Forum, the third open building of Columbia’s monumental Manhattanville campus expansion project into West Harlem, at a ceremony on Wednesday.