Dozens of protesters occupied Hamilton Hall at approximately 12:30 a.m. on April 30, demanding full University divestment from companies with ties to Israel. The protesters renamed Hamilton “Hind’s Hall” in honor of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by the Israeli military in Gaza on Jan. 29.

The Columbia Elections Commission announced on Thursday the results of the 2024-25 Columbia College Student Council and Engineering Student Council elections. Mariam Jallow, CC ’25, and Cenker Camci, CC ’25, will serve as CCSC president and vice president, respectively. Kavika Krishnan, SEAS ’25, and Janie Zhang, SEAS ’26, will serve as ESC president and vice president, respectively.

Columbia Elections Board announced on Monday that Columbia College has passed a divestment referendum by a large margin. The referendum, first proposed by Columbia University Apartheid Divest on March 3, asked whether the University should divest financially from Israel, cancel the Tel Aviv Global Center, and end Columbia’s dual degree program with Tel Aviv University.

The Columbia College Student Council executive board issued an open letter on Friday to University President Minouche Shafik, condemning her “readiness to punish your students for practicing the values they have learned and celebrated at this institution: freedom of speech and expression, academic freedom, commitment to discourse, and bravery in the face of repression.”

Columbia College Student Council tabled a vote on Sunday on proposed constitutional amendments codifying its internal spending policies following a series of meetings with Columbia College administrators who “had concerns and sought clarification on our proposed boycott,” according to a statement from CCSC’s executive board to Spectator.

Columbia College Student Council approved a referendum on Sunday to be sent to undergraduates in the college asking whether the University should divest from “companies and academic institutions that profit from or engage in the State of Israel’s acts of occupation, apartheid, and genocide.”

The Columbia College Student Council and Engineering Student Council voted on Jan. 28 and Feb. 5 respectively to increase their student body’s student life fee from $268 to $278 for the 2024-25 academic year. The $10 increase followed over a week of debate among and between the two councils.

Columbia Housing announced an end to “blind double” and senior-sophomore housing groups in a Wednesday email detailing new policies for the 2024-25 room selection process. The room selection waitlist has also been renamed to the “Guaranteed Assignment List” to reflect students’ guaranteed housing status, according to a webpage announcing the changes.

Students at the School of International and Public Affairs staged a six-hour sit-in on Wednesday inside of the International Affairs Building as part of the United Nations’ International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Over 20 elected officials from New York state, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, sent an open letter on Friday to University President Minouche Shafik and Senior Executive Vice President Gerald Rosberg urging the University to reverse the suspension of the Columbia chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace.