Along College Walk, Low Steps, and South Lawn, members of the Columbia community paused their typical afternoon routines, gazing up at the sky to witness the solar eclipse that crossed North America on Monday.

At the beginning of the gathering, organizers asked students not to engage with counterprotesters, to wear masks, and to disperse quickly following the protest. One of the students who spoke was among four students who were suspended and evicted from University housing for their alleged involvement in an unauthorized March 24 “Resistance 101” event.

Yesterday, Spectator photographers ventured into Morningside Heights to capture Valentine’s Day love on display. In this photo essay, experience flowers, fashion, relationships, and more through the lenses of Spectator photographers.

Barnard President Laura Rosenbury was inaugurated on February 2, eight months into a tenure in which students, faculty, and civil liberties organizations have criticized her for suppressing pro-Palestinian speech and academic freedom.

Laura Rosenbury was inaugurated as the ninth president of Barnard on Friday, navigating a ceremony marked by the presence of 10 protesters inside the event and picket lines outside. Witness moments of the day’s event unfold through the lens of Spectator photographers.

Within Our Lifetime coordinated a protest at Columbia on Friday to show solidarity with pro-Palestinian student activists. The New York Police Department arrested three individuals, including a School of General Studies student. Watch the protest unfold through the lens of Spectator photographers.

After allegations that protesters were sprayed with a foul-smelling chemical during last Friday’s protest, multiple student groups, including Columbia University Apartheid Divest, organized an “emergency protest” on Wednesday afternoon. Watch the day unfold with gate closures, speeches, and marches, all through the lens of Spectator photographers.

Nearly two dozen students say they were sprayed with a hazardous, foul-smelling chemical while attending a pro-Palestinian “divestment now” rally on Low Steps on Friday, Spectator reported Monday morning.

Demonstrators gathered outside Low Library Friday afternoon for a rally organized by Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the Barnard-Columbia Abolition Collective, and Student-Worker Solidarity. On a day that featured chants, drums, signs, and speeches, explore the moments through the lens of a Spectator deputy photographer.

Twelve Spectator photographers traveled as close as Columbia’s campus and as far as Paris for this semester’s fall photo essay. Photographers were encouraged to showcase moments from their personal lives, and many experimented with film and black-and-white photography. Experience autumn through their camera lenses in this photo essay.