Thousands of graduates and families packed into the Morningside campus May 21 to celebrate the class of 2025 at Columbia’s first Universitywide Commencement ceremony in two years. Acting University ...

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 instead in a ...

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 ...

NEW YORK–Columbia University’s acting president defended higher education and acknowledged the absence of Mahmoud Khalil during the school’s commencement ceremony, as pro-Palestinian demonstrators ...

On May 12, 2024, several X posts went viral with video of a student tearing up a diploma while walking in the 2024 commencement ceremony of the Columbia University School of Social Work. One post, ...

Mayhem erupted outside Columbia University’s graduation Wednesday as some students burned their diplomas and cops tussled with dozens of rowdy anti-Israel demonstrators, arresting at least two people.

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, ...