Over 300 patients of Robert Hadden, a former Columbia gynecologist who was convicted of sexual abuse, filed a lawsuit last week against Columbia, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and 17 of their associates—including nine practicing medical facilities, seven former supervisors of Hadden, and Hadden himself.

As students, faculty, and guests gathered on Low Steps on Wednesday for Minouche Shafik’s inauguration as the 20th University president, the area beneath them on College Walk and South Lawn flooded with hundreds of marching and chanting protesters.

Crime on the Morningside Heights campus reached a three-year high in 2022, according to the 2023 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, a legally mandated report on campus crime statistics and residence hall fire data released to affiliates on Friday in an email from Vice President of Public Safety Gerald Lewis.

Editor’s Note: This article deals with topics of sexual abuse.

One hundred and two members of the Columbia College class of 2023 will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, the college announced in a press release on Friday. Their formal initiation will be held at Faculty House on May 16.