A group of protesters interrupted the first session of the History of Modern Israel class on Tuesday amid pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations during the first day of spring semester classes.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest protested the annual Tree Lighting ceremony for the second year in a row on Thursday night, calling the event a “distraction by design” from the University.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested an event featuring CNN analyst Barak Ravid, an Israeli journalist, held at the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life on Thursday. The protest coincided with the International University Day of Action organized by the national chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.

The Columbia Space Initiative held a live call with the International Space Station on Oct. 25 in the Davis Auditorium in the Schapiro Center. Over 400 students attended the in-person and online event, which featured a Q&A with astronaut Don Pettit, who is currently aboard the ISS on Expedition 72.

Jhumpa Lahiri, BC ’89, Millicent C. McIntosh professor of English and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, withdrew her acceptance of an award from the Noguchi Museum, the museum announced in a news release published by the New York Times on Sept. 25.

Columbia affiliates participated in pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations, organized art installations and walk-outs, and held community spaces on Monday—one year since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Spectator photographers captured the events of the day, which saw the largest protests on campus since the beginning of the semester.

Each University undergraduate school has its own student council intended to advocate for the student body, plan events, and communicate with the administration. Meet this year’s student body presidents.

Columbia University Jews for Ceasefire, the Columbia-Barnard chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America, and Mesarvot, an Israeli support network for conscientious objectors, co-hosted an “Israeli Refuseniks & Challenging the Draft” teach-in on Thursday at the Intercultural Resource Center.