The School of International and Public Affairs hosted a three-panel conference titled “Backlash: The Institute for Propaganda Analysis and the Attacks on Disinformation Researchers” on Oct. 2, examining historical and modern threats to academic freedom.

For the four graduating seniors awarded with the highest academic distinctions in Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science—the valedictorians and salutatorians—the recognition came as a surprise.

A coalition of five student religious groups and the Earl Hall Center for Religious Life hosted an interfaith banquet at Faculty House on April 22—an opportunity for students across faith traditions to share a meal and conversation with the broader Columbia community.

A truck with digital billboards displayed the names of over 50 students identified as alleged “leaders” of CU Apartheid Divest outside of Columbia’s Morningside campus on Monday and Tuesday after the group sparked a wave of backlash for writing “Marg bar Amrika”—Farsi for “Death to America”—in an X post on Saturday.