Barnard President Laura Rosenbury sent a Monday email to the Barnard community about Columbia’s Friday leadership transition, after Katrina Armstrong announced she would be stepping down as interim University president.

Members of the American Association of University Professors and its Columbia chapter held a press conference titled “Vigil to Defend Columbia” outside the 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue gates on Monday to condemn the University’s acquiescence to demands from President Donald Trump’s administration in a Friday memorandum.

Barnard President Laura Rosenbury sent an email to the Barnard community on Monday titled “Standing Together,” which outlined next steps for the college following protests and arrests on campus earlier this month. The email introduced a protest mediary team and plans for a revised disciplinary process.

The union demanded that interim University President Katrina Armstrong and other administrators “take a stand” to protect Columbia’s student workers.

Barnard will restrict campus access to only Barnard and Columbia ID holders starting at 8 a.m. Thursday and will introduce increased security measures, including potential bag searches and mandatory unmasking at entry points after the sit-in in the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning.

When President Donald Trump was elected for his second term in November, faculty, students, and international students in particular expressed concerns about what another Trump presidency would look like. Just over a month after his inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump has issued 73 executive orders as of Wednesday, with several targeting higher education at large.

The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is pausing hiring and spending in response to federal funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health, James McKiernan, interim dean of the college, announced in a Feb. 11 email to Vagelos faculty members obtained by Spectator.