Columbia University has been at the epicenter of campus unrest over the Israel-Hamas war — and at Wednesday’s graduation ceremony, acting President Claire Shipman did not ignore the moment. “We firmly ...

As Columbia University has spent the last month encountering numerous pro-Palestinian protests, the New York university announced Monday that it has canceled its May 15 commencement. Instead, leaders ...

The school's main graduation was cancelled last year because of ongoing protests over the war in Gaza. This year, dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside the university's gates. Pomp ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mayhem erupted outside Columbia University's graduation Wednesday as some students burned their diplomas and cops tussled with ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The head of Columbia University gave a commencement speech Wednesday acknowledging the absence of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was due to receive his diploma this week but is ...

A photo of Mahmoud Khalil projected onto the wall during a standing ovation for graduating students at the People’s Graduation (photo Meghnad Bose and Lara-Nour Walton/Hyperallergic) This morning, May ...

Immigration agents arrested Khalil, a green card holder married to an American citizen, on March 8 in the lobby of his student apartment building in Manhattan. The Department of Homeland Security is ...

Pro-Palestinian protesters, including some Columbia University and Barnard College students, hold a post-graduation demonstration in New York on May 21, 2025. A demonstrator tears up her diploma as ...

Despite a stern warning from school authorities, a crescendo of boos were heard Wednesday at Columbia University's campus, as acting President Claire Shipman acknowledged the absence of their graduate ...

Acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman on Wednesday bizarrely chose to stoke the flames by acknowledging arrested ex-grad student Mahmoud Khalil at the Ivy League school’s chaotic ...

new video loaded: Columbia University President Is Booed at Commencement Ceremony transcript For the second day in a row, Columbia University students critical of the administration delivered a chorus ...