Columbia spent $210,000 on federal lobbying between April and June—a $70,000 decrease from the second quarter of 2025—as the University advocated against a newly proposed overhaul of research grant allowances and ongoing visa restrictions for international students.

University President Jennifer Mnookin announced the members of the presidential task force on shared governance in an email to the Columbia community Wednesday, providing updates on the body charged with evaluating “the duties and powers of the University Senate.”

The Law School introduced a largely permissive policy on generative artificial intelligence this month that allows students to use AI as a “learning aid” but continues to bar its use to generate submitted content.

A draft proposal to institute a 12-year term limit for University senators dominated debate among student and faculty senators at the University Senate’s July 16 plenary, adding a new front to the fight over shared governance.

In the final days of her tenure, former acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, announced the formation of a task force on shared governance, a committee charged with reviewing and clarifying the powers and duties of the University Senate.

Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, SIPA ’27, appealed his deportation case to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, asking a federal court for the first time to review a final removal order to Jordan, which was issued by an immigration judge last week.