The Center for Palestine Studies hosted “The Message and the Messengers” on Tuesday, a conversation about the roles of literature and free speech in the war in Gaza, featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates, an award-winning author and journalist, and Rashid Khalidi, Columbia’s Edward Said professor emeritus of Arab studies.

The Office of Institutional Equity released an antidiscrimination and discriminatory harassment policy and procedure training in a Nov. 21 email to the Columbia community. The training aims to educate students and student groups on reporting discrimination and harassment, including discrimination against protected classes under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Barak Ravid, a CNN analyst and Israeli journalist, spoke at the Kraft Center for Jewish Life on Thursday for an event titled “What does the Trump Presidency mean for the Israel-Hamas war and the Middle East?”

To make her argument about “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books,” Rose Horowitch, assistant editor at The Atlantic, opens her contentious article with a vignette about Columbia’s Literature Humanities course, and the students who, according to the piece, are not properly equipped to read entire books.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul joined Hillary Rodham Clinton, former secretary of state and School of International and Public Affairs professor, on Wednesday in a spotlight interview at the Conference on Cyber Regulation and Harmonization hosted by SIPA. The two discussed the importance of cybersecurity, the benefits and drawbacks of artificial intelligence, and the impact that the 2024 election will have on those fields.

The New York State Supreme Court dismissed on Nov. 6 the New York Civil Liberties Union and Palestine Legal’s lawsuit against Columbia for the suspension of its chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace. Both student groups remain suspended.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Department of Education seeking the immediate release of guidance that the department gave universities concerning their Title VI obligations.