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Week in Photos

Look back at the week of Sept. 14, on and around Columbia.

By Max Yoo / Staff Photographer
Community members participated in the 15th annual Morningside Lights procession, which travelled from Morningside Park to Columbia’s campus. Attendees carried handmade lanterns aligned with this year’s theme: “A Common Thread.” Morningside Lights is a collaboration between Columbia University’s Arts Initiative, Miller Theatre, and the directors of Processional Arts Workshop, Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles.
By Audrea Chen • September 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM

Photo by Marcus Bui / Staff Photographer

Community members enjoy the final days of summer weather in the Julia Gabriel People’s Garden at 1039 Amsterdam Ave.

Photo by Lynn Fu / Deputy Photo Editor

Football brought home its first win of the season, winning 40-34 in overtime against Lafayette College.

Photo by Zohar Ford / Senior Staff Photographer

Barnard opened the Roy and Diana Vagelos Science Center after over two years of construction. The center is New York City’s first all-electric and carbon-neutral academic laboratory building, and was built with the hopes of attracting more applicants interested in exploring the sciences to Barnard.

Photo by Lynn Fu / Deputy Photo Editor

Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, joined the president of Palestine Working Group Ibrahim Zubairi, SIPA ’26, and 13 other student activists in a federal lawsuit against the University and School of International and Public Affairs Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, GS ’03, alleging Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists from harassment and discrimination. Khalil and Zubairi held a press conference outside of Columbia’s 116th Street and Broadway gates on Sept. 14.

Photo by Ming Yuan / Staff Photographer

The 113th Street Block Association is calling for greater communication between the University and residents surrounding Columbia’s renovations to the West 113th Street playground, which remains closed after renovations began in August.

Photo by Eliza Lamster / Deputy Photo Editor

Led by Joseph Howley, the former chair of Literature Humanities, the Classics Department has established an “Odyssey” book club that meets weekly, reading around 30 pages per week.

Photo by Audrea Chen / Photo Editor

Construction in Riverside Park has continued into the school year, with the work targeting the areas between 108th and 116th Street where drainage issues are most severe.