Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, noted the absence of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate who continues to be ...

Instead of attending commencement, the graduate student is fighting ICE detention and deportation in Louisiana for his ...

Columbia has been at the center of the nationwide pro-Palestinian protest movement on college campuses. (Scripps News) ...

Traditionally giving speakers and students opportunities for unscripted moments, graduation events this week unfold as the ...

Meanwhile, Columbia students burned their diplomas and booed their current acting president over Mahmoud Khalil's absence.

Claire Shipman, Columbia’s acting president, was drowned out with boos and chants of “Free Mahmoud” during her commencement ...

Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University set fire to their diplomas shortly after a graduation ceremony in protest at ...

Colleges and universities across New York are clamping down on signs of protest as graduation season gets underway, while the ...

Alan Garber's remarks on Thursday were met with a roar along with students and staff rising to their feet to applaud him.

The commencement speech drew new attention over the weekend for what Scott Pelley said about the Trump administration.

Even the choice of who should deliver the keynote address at commencement can result in political backlash ... the university’s locked gates, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported.