In his annual Commencement address on Wednesday, University President Lee Bollinger spoke of Columbia’s place in the current tumultuous political environment.

Five-time academy award nominee and two-time winner Dede Gardner, CC ’90, encouraged the graduating seniors of the class of 2018 to recognize the universality of their fears at Columbia College’s class day on Tuesday morning.

At the 2018 School of General Studies Class Day on Monday morning, former Olympic ice skater Sasha Cohen, GS ’16, encouraged students both to remember their time at Columbia fondly and to look forward to—and embrace—all that lies ahead.

The foundations for Lipa Schmeltzer’s creative career are found far from Columbia’s cast iron gates.

As the student-led movement for stricter gun control gains momentum both across the country and on Columbia’s campus, Columbia administrators have remained largely disengaged from discussions surrounding gun violence.

An estimated 150,000 people marched in New York City’s March for Our Lives protest on Saturday, an event organized by several Columbia Law School students in efforts to advocate for stricter gun control.

On Wednesday, a federal judge dismissed a case claiming Columbia University did not adequately respond to a student’s reports of rape.

Holocaust survivor Irving Roth spoke of his experience as a Slovakian Jew during World War II, urging students to support Israel at a Columbia University College Republicans event on Tuesday.

Members of activist organizations Vamos4PR and the Center for Popular Democracy protested the University’s partnership with Santander Bank at a rally outside the 116th Street and Broadway gates on Tuesday morning, claiming the bank is responsible for much of the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico.