Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter on Monday to James Dennehy, assistant director in charge of the FBI, claiming that Columbia University Apartheid Divest’s Oct. 8 Instagram post contained “violent threats” that “demand immediate attention and a thorough investigation to prevent any acts of terrorism.”

Interim University President Katrina Armstrong provided updates about the University’s approach to demonstrations and protests in a Thursday email to the community.

University President Minouche Shafik published an op-ed in the Financial Times on Thursday about “the university’s role in the context of a major political crisis like the war in Gaza” and higher education’s role in “defining the boundaries” of free speech rights and discrimination.

Union Theological Seminary President Serene Jones wrote to the UTS community on Wednesday at 12:13 a.m. to condemn University President Minouche Shafik’s authorization of the New York Police Department’s Tuesday evening sweep of occupied Hamilton Hall.

Columbia’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors called for a vote of no confidence in University President Minouche Shafik, the co-chairs of the board of trustees, and Chief Operating Officer Cas Hollway following Shafik’s Tuesday authorization of the New York Police Department to sweep occupied Hamilton Hall, according to a Thursday news release.