Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa discussed his proposal for public safety in New York City—a central issue of his platform—in a conversation with journalist Errol Louis at the Lee C. Bollinger Forum on Monday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the federal government is “reviewing the visa status of the trespassers and vandals who took over Columbia University’s library” in a Wednesday post on X, condemning a pro-Palestinian protest in Butler Library.

The New York Police Department arrested 109 protesters in an April 30, 2024, sweep of the occupied Hamilton Hall and the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” effectively ending two weeks of tense protest at Columbia that had garnered worldwide attention. The Morningside campus remained closed, even to most students, until the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

Sixty-eight members of Congress signed a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday expressing their “profound outrage” at the detainment of Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25.

Amy Greer, lawyer for Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, released an update on his condition and the case in a Monday evening statement.

Barnard Vice President for Strategic Communications Robin Levine announced that there was a “bomb threat” at Milstein Center at around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday and urged everyone inside to evacuate the building. Many protesters chose to continue the sit-in in Milstein after the announcement.

Over 100 protesters picketed outside Barnard’s gates Thursday afternoon, calling on the college to grant amnesty for two students whom the school reportedly expelled for their disruption of the class History of Modern Israel.