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The Columbia Spectator, founded in 1877, delivers news and information daily to thousands of readers around Columbia, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem. We are the second-oldest college daily paper in the country and have been financially independent from the University since 1962. The newspaper is published five days a week during the academic year and our blog network, Spectrum, offers update

s on news, arts, commentary, and photos from around campus and New York City. The organization is run by undergraduates from Barnard, Columbia College, the School of General Studies, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, with a staff totaling over 200 students. Spectator has opportunities for a wide range of interests, including reporting, writing, editing, photography, design, multimedia, and finance. Along with the daily paper and blogs, Spectator Publishing Company Inc. includes The Eye, a weekly arts and features magazine; and the business division, which manages Spectator's financial standing. If you're interested in joining or have any general questions, please contact us at [email protected].

For decades, pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia have faced institutional opposition when pushing for divestm...
07/17/2025

For decades, pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia have faced institutional opposition when pushing for divestment from Israel and weapons manufacturers. The Eye’s investigation opens the doors to the April 2024 negotiation room and traces the history to that point, and the further breakdown of dialogue between the University and pro-Palestinian protesters since.

Inside the Negotiation Room: How Dialogue Between Columbia and Pro-Palestinian Protesters Broke Down

07/16/2025

Columbia will make a series of sweeping changes intended to combat antisemitism amid its negotiations with the federal government to restore $400 million in canceled federal funding, acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, announced in a Tuesday email to the Columbia community.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Barnard students will be able to take courses at the Jewish Theological Seminary for credit toward their Barnard degree ...
07/15/2025

Barnard students will be able to take courses at the Jewish Theological Seminary for credit toward their Barnard degree at no additional cost beginning in fall 2025 in an agreement separate from the college’s lawsuit settlement with Jewish students.

Barnard students will have the opportunity to take courses at the Jewish Theological Seminary for credit toward their Barnard degree at no additional cost beginning in fall 2025, JTS announced in a July 7

The lawsuit brought by the American Association of University Professors against the federal government over President D...
07/15/2025

The lawsuit brought by the American Association of University Professors against the federal government over President Donald Trump’s administration’s policy of “ideological deportation” began on July 7.

The American Association of University Professors’ legal challenge of President Donald Trump’s administration’s targeting of noncitizens who have advocated for Palestinian rights has completed its first week of trial.

Columbia Residential informed around 160 School of General Studies students living in or expecting to move into 600 W. 1...
07/14/2025

Columbia Residential informed around 160 School of General Studies students living in or expecting to move into 600 W. 113th St. and 503 W. 121st St., in a June 30 email, that they needed to move out of their current residences by July 25 without explanation.

Columbia Residential informed around 160 School of General Studies students living in or expecting to move into 600 W. 113th St. and 503 W. 121st St., in a June 30 email, that they needed to move out of their current residences by July 25 without explanation.

07/13/2025

Columbia has not finalized the deal that it is working toward to restore some of the $400 million in federal funding that President Donald Trump’s administration canceled in March, a University official wrote in a statement to Spectator. The deal would reportedly require that the University settle allegations of civil rights violations, increase transparency around its admissions and hiring procedures, and report foreign gifts.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai has “chosen, by mutual agreement with the University, to not return to ...
07/10/2025

Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai has “chosen, by mutual agreement with the University, to not return to teaching at Columbia,” a University spokesperson wrote in a statement to Spectator Wednesday evening.

Assistant professor Shai Davidai has left his teaching position at the Business School.

Acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, apologized directly to trustee Shoshana Shendelman, VP&S ’...
07/10/2025

Acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, apologized directly to trustee Shoshana Shendelman, VP&S ’03, ’04, ’05, after Shipman received a July 1 letter from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce that included leaked text messages in which Shipman called for the removal of Shendelman from the board, a University spokesperson told Spectator.

Acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, apologized directly to trustee Shoshana Shendelman, VP&S ’03, ’04, ’05, after Shipman received a July 1

Haussmann Development founder Josef Goodman aims to address affordability holistically, establishing on-site child care ...
07/10/2025

Haussmann Development founder Josef Goodman aims to address affordability holistically, establishing on-site child care facilities in new Harlem developments. Harlem anti-gentrification advocates say there is more work to be done.

Haussmann Development acquired a vacant lot in West Harlem on May 13 with plans to create a mixed-income housing development with on-site child care. While the development presents a unique opportunity for greater affordable housing, some Harlem advocates believe more community needs should be addre...

In his new op-ed, Roi Ankori-Karlinsky, GSAS ’25, attempts to bridge a gap between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian voices...
07/08/2025

In his new op-ed, Roi Ankori-Karlinsky, GSAS ’25, attempts to bridge a gap between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian voices on campus: “Can we find a way out? Can we remember empathy? I certainly think so.” By targeting the semantics of the conversation surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ankori-Karlinsky disentangles valid criticism and hateful rhetoric. “Instead of using phrases like ‘Zionist,’ ‘pro-Israel,’ or that ‘Israel has a right to exist,’ people could use more legible language like ‘Jews should have a right to live’ or ‘Jews shouldn’t be second-class citizens.’ And if by ‘Zionist’ you mean that Palestinians don’t deserve a life, or that Judaism can be replaced by militarized borders, then it is in fact racism you’re defending.”

When does criticism of the state of Israel become camouflage for Jew hate?

Demonstrators wear all black and stand in silence outside the University gates and at Haven Plaza holding laminated phot...
07/08/2025

Demonstrators wear all black and stand in silence outside the University gates and at Haven Plaza holding laminated photos of detained students every Monday from 12 to 1 p.m. to demonstrate their solidarity with students and colleagues “who have been abducted and persecuted by the government for constitutional protected speech.”

Dozens of faculty and researchers from the University have begun gathering every Monday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at both the Morningside campus and the Columbia University Irving Medical Center Haven Plaza in one-hour silent vigils since May 5. The vigils aim to demonstrate solidarity with students an...

Barnard will hire a Title VI coordinator, refuse to negotiate with Columbia University Apartheid Divest or any of its “s...
07/08/2025

Barnard will hire a Title VI coordinator, refuse to negotiate with Columbia University Apartheid Divest or any of its “successor or spin-off organizations,” and offer classes at the Jewish Theological Seminary to Barnard students at no additional cost to resolve claims against Barnard in a lawsuit brought against Columbia and Barnard by Jewish students, the law firm representing the students announced in a Monday news release.

Barnard will hire a Title VI coordinator, refuse to negotiate with Columbia University Apartheid Divest or any of its “successor or spin-off organizations,” and offer classes at the Jewish Theological Seminary to students at no additional cost to resolve claims against the college in a

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The Columbia Spectator, founded in 1877, delivers news and information daily to thousands of readers around Columbia, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem. We are the second-oldest college daily paper in the country and have been financially independent from the University since 1962. The organization is run by undergraduates from Barnard, Columbia College, General Studies, and SEAS, with a staff totaling over 250 students. Spectator has opportunities for a wide range of interests, including reporting, writing, editing, photography, design, multimedia, marketing, sales, and finance. Along with daily content online and weekly paper, Spectator Publishing Company Inc. includes The Eye, an arts and features magazine, and the business division, which manages Spectator's financial standing. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. To submit an op-ed, contact [email protected]. Send news tips to [email protected].

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