The International Students and Scholars Office issued a travel advisory Monday, warning Columbia’s international students and scholars community of “possible federal travel bans” that would restrict entry to the United States.

Interim University President Katrina Armstrong emailed the Columbia community Friday evening to address the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism’s $400 million cuts to federal funding to the University, which she said will “touch nearly every corner of the University.”

President Donald Trump announced in a Tuesday Truth Social post that federal funding “will STOP” for any university that “allows illegal protests” on its campus.

Anthony Fauci, former chief medical advisor to former President Joe Biden, spoke at a virtual event hosted by the Columbia Bioethics Program at the School of Professional Studies on Thursday.

Dozens of people gathered for a teach-in on Black and Palestinian solidarity at Marcus Garvey Park on Friday following a rally held on the Morningside campus.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced in a Jan. 8 news release the launch of a webpage titled “Hostile Campuses,” which includes Columbia in a list of 14 “hostile” university campuses for “Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other individuals opposing occupation, apartheid, and genocide.”

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion on Jan. 10 to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of David Lurie, GSAS ’96, GSAS ’01, former president of the Columbia chapter of the American Association of University Professors. The motion argues that the lawsuit aims to silence protected political speech and calls on the New York Supreme Court to terminate it.

Kathryn Lampo, SEAS ’25, was named a 2025 Marshall Scholar on Monday. Through the scholarship, she will begin a Master of Science by Research in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford after completing her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering this spring.