Barnard President Laura Rosenbury released a statement on former University President Minouche Shafik’s resignation in a Thursday afternoon email to the Barnard community.

Several Black women politicians and community advocates from Harlem held a press conference and rally on Sunday at the Harriet Tubman Memorial to launch the “Harlem Black Women for Kamala Harris” campaign, drawing a crowd of over 50 people.

Throughout New York City, libraries and senior centers play a crucial role during periods of extreme heat—they serve as some of the city’s cooling centers, providing air-conditioned facilities that residents can go to to cool off in when a heat advisory warning is issued. Though Mayor Eric Adams’ new fiscal budget restored previously cut funding for libraries, the budget will heavily reduce funding to three of West Harlem’s six cooling centers and decrease funding to parks, during one of the hottest summers on record, and with temperatures expected to rise in the next several years as well.

John McGregor wants to open a bookstore in Harlem. After working in the publishing and bookselling industries for over 30 years, McGregor left his job in retail to try to fill a gap in easy access to literature for people living in the neighborhood.

Several state and local politicians and civil rights groups announced the formation of a coalition calling for a ban on masks at protests during a June 27 press conference in front of Columbia’s 116th Street and Broadway gates.

Members of Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers, a union representing over 3,000 undergraduate and graduate student workers, overwhelmingly voted to pass resolutions in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and the permanent removal of the New York Police Department from Columbia’s campus, the organization announced on X on June 25.

District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office moved in the past two weeks to dismiss cases against nine City College encampment protesters, pursue felony charges against 10, and offer nine protesters adjournment in contemplation of dismissal—all nine of whom rejected their offers.

A judge on Tuesday denied a Columbia alum’s request for a temporary order of protection against Reuven Kahane, a 57-year-old motorist who was arrested for hitting the alum with his car at a picket outside a Barnard trustee’s home on May 7.

Politicians, community advocates, residents, and students gathered on Wednesday for a “Juneteenth Rally for Housing Justice,” where they expressed support for New York State Sen. Cordell Cleare’s Senate Bill 9028, which would immediately halt Columbia’s expansion into Harlem.