Leaked text messages from Columbia's acting president reveal that she advocated for creating the task force on antisemitism, adding an Arab trustee, removing a pro-Israel trustee, and rolling back the suspensions of SJP and JVP. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/0…

Barnard settled a lawsuit today with several Jewish students who alleged the school violated their civil rights. The school will hire a Title VI coordinator, refuse to negotiate with pro-Palestinian student groups, and more. Read the rest Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/0…

Columbia's acting president apologized to trustee Shoshana Shendelman and "trusted groups of friends and colleagues" after she received a congressional letter that included texts in which she called for Shendelman’s removal. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/0…

A Columbia official told me that the University has not finalized the deal that it is working toward with the Trump administration to restore some of the $400 million in federal funding that the administration canceled in March. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/1…

Columbia will make a series of sweeping changes intended to combat antisemitism amid its negotiations with the White House to restore $400 million in canceled federal funding, including adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/1…

Contracted security disguised as janitors. A phone call during the Butler protest. A yearlong investigation from Ann Vettikkal for Columbia Daily Spectator goes inside the negotiations between Columbia and pro-Palestinian protesters, and how dialogue has broken down. columbiaspectator.com/the-eye/2025/0…

Columbia and White House officials met in D.C. on Thursday to finalize the terms of a deal that would restore most of the University’s $400 million in canceled federal funding. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/2…

Columbia issued expulsions, suspensions, and degree revocations to over 70 students who stormed into the University's main library for a pro-Palestinian protest while students were studying for finals. Read my latest Columbia Daily Spectator with Emily Pickering columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/2…

BREAKING: Columbia has agreed to pay $220 million to the Trump administration to restore a “vast majority” of its federal research grants that were terminated in March. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator with Emily Pickering columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/2…

A few hours ago, Acting Columbia President Claire Shipman sat for her first interview with Spectator and spoke about Columbia’s deal with the government. The deal “is in line with our values,” Shipman said. Via Isha Banerjee and Tsehai Alfred columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/2…

Nine faculty members expressed disappointment, hope, and apprehension in interviews with Spectator after the University announced a $200 million settlement with President Donald Trump’s administration. l8r.it/fKco

BREAKING: Cas Holloway will step down from his position as Columbia’s first chief operating officer at the end of July after a year and a half in the role. He will remain at Columbia as a special advisor to acting President Shipman. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/2…

BREAKING: Barnard laid off 77 full-time staff members this morning amid a debt crisis that surpassed $250 million this year. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator with Samantha Elkins columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/3…

Columbia filed an unfair labor practice charge against Student Workers of Columbia on Friday, alleging that the union violated the National Labor Relations Act by not bargaining in “good faith.” Read more Columbia Daily Spectator with Eden Hirsch columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/08/0…

spoke to Sal Khan about a new initiative Columbia is implementing - students engage in guided virtual conversations on hot topics like AI or immigration, then submit a dialogue portfolio with highlights from these sessions to select colleges. Read my latest Columbia Daily Spectator :

NEW: Hundreds of unseen docs indicate Josh Shapiro gained an unprecedented level of influence at Penn, sought to ban its main pro-Palestinian group, and had a “partnership” with a significant pro-Israel group on campus. My latest in The Chronicle of Higher Education(!): chronicle.com/article/josh-s…