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Week of Sept. 28 in photos

Flu shots, friends of the forest, and a football fiasco

By Conor Cavens / Columbia Daily Spectator

A soft light on Alma Mater.

By Audrea Chen • October 6, 2026 at 11:42 PM

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The Studio Museum in Harlem opened the exhibition “A Sustained Becoming: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2026” on Oct. 1, featuring artists Derriann Pharr, Simonette Quamina, and Taylor Simmons. The exhibition is joined by two others, “Dreams of This Future: The Collection of Peggy Cooper Cafritz” and “Geometries,” as the Studio Museum closes out its inaugural year with a new building on 125th Street.

Photo by Conor Cavens / Columbia Daily Spectator

Students, faculty, and staff came together on campus to line up for their free flu shots. This year, the University added an additional day to the annual flu fair, with stations in Dodge Fitness Center and John Jay Dining Hall.

Photo by Elaine Shen / Columbia Daily Spectator

Football suffered a blowout 35-7 loss to the Princeton University Tigers. The loss follows the Lions’ back-to-back overtime wins against Georgetown University and Lafayette College in September.

Photo by Conor Cavens / Columbia Daily Spectator

Columbia World Projects hosted “Gatekeepers: What Stands Between Gen Z and Political Participation?” on Sept. 30. Samuel Moyn, professor of law and history at Yale University, and Daniel HoSang, professor of American studies and political studies at Yale, engaged in a conversation about age division in American politics and ways to widen political participation, moderated by Law School professor Suzanne Goldberg.

Photo by Megan Morey / Columbia Daily Spectator

Women’s soccer picked up a win against Dartmouth on Oct. 3, marking its first Ivy League victory of the season.

Photo by Megan Morey / Columbia Daily Spectator

Members of the Hamilton Heights and West Harlem neighborhoods gathered at Jackie Robinson Park to clean up the streets.

Photo by Sofia Wadler / Deputy Photo Editor

Margot Benacerraf’s debut feature film, Araya, was showcased at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, followed by a post-screening discussion between Elizabeth Ramírez-Soto, associate professor of film and media studies, and Leticia Berrizbeitia Añez, doctoral candidate in the department of cinema studies at New York University.

Photo by Megan Morey / Columbia Daily Spectator

Riverside Park Conservancy and the Natural Areas Conservancy, joined by the New York City Bird Alliance, set up an educational booth on Oct. 3 for City of Forest Day, teaching about ongoing restoration projects and leading tours around a 7.5-acre forest restoration site in West Harlem.

Photo by Conor Cavens / Columbia Daily Spectator

The Lenfest Center for the Arts also hosted a screening of the documentary “First They Came for My College” as part of Fall of Freedom, a nationwide arts and activism initiative. The screening was followed by a discussion with the filmmakers, moderated by Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb.

Photo by Giada Robinson / Deputy Photo Editor

Sun streaming through the Van Amringe Memorial.