Conservative media group Accuracy in Media and its president Adam Guillette returned to the Morningside campus on Thursday with digital billboard trucks displaying an image of Minouche Shafik following her resignation as University president.

Columbia faculty expressed shock, frustration, and hope on Thursday following Minouche Shafik’s resignation from the presidency and Katrina Armstrong’s appointment as interim president.

The Columbia chapter of the American Association of University Professors released a statement on July 29 defending academic freedom and urging the University to do the same in the face of increased criticism of Columbia faculty by politicians, journalists, professors, administrators, and students.

The eastern division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an order on July 20 approving Columbia’s settlement of $24 million to resolve a class action financial aid lawsuit filed in January 2022.

The Climate School hosted a three-day workshop on extreme heat from July 10 to 12, bringing together experts across fields to assess current knowledge and identify cross-sectoral solutions.

Public health and legal experts at Columbia and Manhattan local officials have expressed concern over New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s snap June 5 decision to direct the MTA to “indefinitely pause” New York City’s congestion pricing plan, previously scheduled to go into effect on June 30 and fund $15 billion in capital improvements to the MTA network.

A University archivist for Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library collected materials and artwork cleared from the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” without students’ knowledge, according to Dar Jafra, the Palestinian Students Union at Columbia.

Steven Sokolow walked up to me dressed in jeans, a navy blue water polo long sleeve, and metal-framed glasses. It was early, and we were at Dear Mama coffee shop, Steven’s suggested location to talk before his 10:10 a.m. Introduction to Film and Media Studies class.