In the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, six faculty members spoke to Spectator about swing states, voter turnout, and the factors that contributed to Trump’s win, as well as what the election means on a national scale and for the future at Columbia.

Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, spoke at Barnard on Oct. 30 as part of an ongoing “Human Rights and Humanitarianism in Contemporary Conflict” lecture series.

Student organizers have disaffiliated from Columbia University Apartheid Divest and established the Columbia Palestine Solidarity Coalition, a Palestinian-led collective pushing for University divestment from Israel.

Attorneys General Alan Wilson of South Carolina and Tim Griffin of Arkansas penned a letter to interim University President Katrina Armstrong on Wednesday raising concerns about antisemitism on campus and calling on Armstrong to resist calls to divest from Israel.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University hosted an exhibition on Thursday and a symposium on Friday about international surveillance and censorship. The event, titled “Regardless of Frontiers: The First Amendment and the Exchange of Ideas Across Borders,” was held in Riverside Church.

The Institute of Global Politics at the School of International and Public Affairs hosted a panel on Wednesday discussing battleground states in the upcoming presidential election.

A group of anti-Zionist Jewish students constructed a “Liberation Sukkah for Palestine” on Wednesday evening around 5 p.m. on the first day of the Jewish holiday Sukkot. The group is planning to stay on the lawn for a week until the end of Sukkot, according to a member of the organizing collective.

Gina Romero, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, spoke at the Law School on Monday on the right to peacefully assemble and protest at universities worldwide.