Columbia removed Columbia ID swipe access on Monday from all academic buildings on the Morningside campus during regular hours. The decision, announced in a Monday news release, is in line with a pilot program to reopen campus that acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, described during a Nov. 21 University Senate plenary.

Columbia is absent from the list of 38 universities facing proposed suspensions from a Department of State federal research partnership program, according to an internal memo obtained by The Guardian.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights postponed the first public hearing for its investigation into the federal government’s response to antisemitism allegations at Columbia and other universities due to the government shutdown, the agency’s public affairs unit confirmed in a Monday email to Spectator.

Hillary Clinton and Mike Pompeo shared the stage at an Institute of Global Politics event on Wednesday in their first public conversation on foreign policy, with both agreeing that the United States must do more to maintain its global dominance amid the rise of competing global powers.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke about his relationship with former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Oslo Accords at an Institute of Global Politics event Nov. 10, marking 30 years since Rabin’s assassination.

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party called on Columbia to discontinue exchange programs that are connected to the CCP and rigorously review foreign funding for student groups in a Nov. 4 letter, specifically targeting an upcoming “China Trek” exchange trip for University students.

As New York City’s contested mayoral race drew to a close Tuesday, West Harlem residents made a final trek to the polls.