Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP amended its lawsuit against Columbia and Barnard on June 17, accusing Columbia of “enabling” the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” and “the harassment and abuse of Jewish and Israeli students.” The complaint claims that Columbia and Barnard violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai testified on June 13 in front of the House Committee on Ways and Means, calling on Congress to address the “hostile environment for Jews and Israelis” on Columbia’s campus.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), Rep. Jerry Nadler, CC ’69, (D-N.Y.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released individual statements on Sunday and Monday condemning recent reports of antisemitic incidents amid a rise in protest activity.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued a letter on Sunday to University President Minouche Shafik and board of trustees co-chairs Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, and David Greenwald, Law ’83, writing that she is “gravely concerned by the ongoing chaos at Columbia University.”

University President Minouche Shafik will soon attempt to do something no Ivy League president has ever done: testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about antisemitism—and keep her job.

Abdul Kayum Ahmed, assistant professor at the Mailman School of Public Health, received on Tuesday a letter of nonrenewal from Mailman Dean Linda Fried and S. Patrick Kachur, interim chair of the department of population and family health. According to the letter, which was obtained by Spectator, his appointment will not be renewed following Dec. 31, 2024.