Columbia College Student Council unanimously approved a $10,000 grant last month that will be distributed among various student groups to support diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for the second year in a row.

In 2024, at the height of pro-Palestinian protests on campus, 68.36 percent of Columbia College respondents voted “yes” on a referendum asking if the University should cancel its plans to build a global center in Tel Aviv.

Columbia College students began voting Monday on referendum questions concerning trustee reform, University divestment, and financial transparency. Polls close Oct. 19.

The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies’ third annual installation of the “Framing October 7” webinar series hosted two officials from former President Joe Biden’s administration Wednesday who chronicled their response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack from “inside the situation room.”