Students gathered in front of Columbia’s locked campus gates on Sunday afternoon, setting up a folding table on Broadway and 116th Street and propping up a colorful sign reading “The People’s Kiosk.”

The Manhattan Immigrant Welcome Center opened its doors in West Harlem on Sept. 29, offering services to connect immigrants with legal aid and healthcare.

Columbia unveiled Thursday its Access Service Kiosk, an informational cubicle erected behind the 116th Street and Broadway gates—and the third component of University President Jennifer Mnookin’s three-pronged initiative to address the closed campus.

The pews of West Harlem’s Riverside Church filled with dignitaries, activists, and community members on Monday night for an event, hosted by South Africa, in celebration of the U.N. charter, “We Shall Not Be Moved.”

An average of 40,185 people rode the bus each weekday along 116th Street across 10 routes in 2025, according to the MTA. But on certain stretches of the street, some buses travel at speeds as slow as four miles per hour, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office said.

Conrad Blackburn grew up in Harlem public housing, where food, electricity, and heating were never guaranteed. Now, he’s running to secure those necessities for people living just like he did.

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, CC ’89, joined District 7 Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, at West Harlem nonprofit The Brotherhood Sister Sol on Wednesday to officially announce his appointment as City Council majority leader.

District 69 State Assembly member Micah Lasher, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and other elected officials demanded the University release footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting Ellie Aghayeva, GS ’26, at a press conference outside Columbia’s 116th Street and Broadway gates on Monday.

City officials flooded social media to express widespread censure following the arrest of Elmina Aghayeva, GS ’26, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thursday morning.

Looking into the glass walls of Columbia’s Manhattanville campus on the corner of 126th Street and Broadway, passersby are met with the striking sight of wooden walls adorned with colorful slabs. Inside is VITAL Climbing Gym, a space that, despite its visibility and stated mission of accessibility, many West Harlem residents say feels distant from the community it was meant to serve.