Columbia Event Management announced the creation of a new daily fund on Sept. 3 to partially cover audiovisual and technical fees for student group programming held in Lerner Hall.

Alexis Abramson will serve as the next dean of the Climate School, interim University President Katrina Armstrong announced in an Aug. 19 email to the Columbia community.

Columbia faculty expressed shock, frustration, and hope on Thursday following Minouche Shafik’s resignation from the presidency and Katrina Armstrong’s appointment as interim president.

On the 56th anniversary of the 1968 police sweep, officers once again surged onto Columbia’s campus to clear occupied Hamilton Hall. In 1968, the New York Police Department beat and arrested hundreds of students who occupied five buildings in protest of the Vietnam War and the planned construction of a gym in Morningside Park.

Dozens of protesters occupied Hamilton Hall at approximately 12:30 a.m. on April 30, demanding full University divestment from companies with ties to Israel. The protesters renamed Hamilton “Hind’s Hall” in honor of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by the Israeli military in Gaza on Jan. 29.

As the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” entered its sixth day on Monday, dozens of politicians descended onto Columbia’s campus, including Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic and Republican members of the House of Representatives.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) hosted a press conference on Wednesday afternoon on Low Steps next to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.), and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) joined Foxx and Johnson in calling for University President Minouche Shafik’s resignation.

Two individuals were taken into custody before 12:30 p.m. on Monday during the fourth day of community-organized protests on 115th Street and Broadway. The individuals were released with summonses for disorderly conduct later in the afternoon. Witnesses to the detainments said those taken into custody were acting peacefully and playing music.

As light rain and chilly weather persisted into Saturday morning, students slept under blankets, tarps, and large Palestinian flags in order to stay warm.

President Joe Biden released a Sunday statement condemning antisemitism on college campuses after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, SIPA ’03, and deputy press secretary Andrew Bates responded to questions about protests on and off Columbia’s campus over the weekend.