U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled Wednesday to extend Mohsen Mahdawi’s, GS ’25, temporary restraining order, thereby keeping him in Vermont for 90 more days. Crawford requested two case briefings: one for a request for release on bail for a hearing next week, and another on the merits of an April 14 habeas corpus petition alleging that the federal government violated free speech and due process.

Sewell Chan was fired from his post as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review on Thursday after a series of staff complaints, he wrote in a Friday statement on X. Chan served in the position for eight months.

As Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, began her tenure as acting University president, several Columbia and Barnard student leaders and groups offered their insights on the successes and shortcomings of former interim University President Katrina Armstrong’s tenure, urging the administration to engage in open communication with the student body.

Columbia will roll out 36 unarmed “special patrol officers” with the authority to arrest individuals on University-owned property, a plan that began before President Donald Trump’s administration demanded that the University grant expanded authority to Public Safety officers.

School of International and Public Affairs alumni and supporters gathered in front of the 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue gates on Saturday, SIPA Alumni Day, to “renounce” their degrees and tear their diplomas in protest of what they called SIPA’s “complicity” in the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, the American Association of University Professors, AAUP chapters at three universities, and the Middle East Studies Association filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against President Donald Trump and several top administrators for their efforts to detain, arrest, and deport students and faculty who participated in pro-Palestinian protests.

A faithful group of Lions fans arrived at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill on March 20 to watch women’s basketball defeat the University of Washington, securing its first NCAA tournament victory in program history.

Protesters wearing shirts that read “Jews say ICE off campus” gathered on Low Steps on March 11 to protest the March 8, detainment of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at his University-owned residence in New York City.