NEW YORK–Columbia University’s acting president defended higher education and acknowledged the absence of Mahmoud Khalil ...

Some newly minted grads torched their diplomas in protest, loudly booing, chanting and brandishing signs denouncing Israel.

Students and activists in the Palestine solidarity movement protested Columbia University’s graduation on Wednesday, with ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Columbia University held graduation this week, with thousands receiving their degrees. Some ...

Columbia University President Claire Shipman was booed on Wednesday during her commencement address to the class of 2025.

The chants were in reference to Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student who was detained in March by U.S.

Politics, protests, and an uncertain job market cast a shadow at the graduation ceremonies at top universities.

Mohsen Mahdawi, another pro-Palestinian student who had been detained, walked across the stage to a standing ovation from the ...

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

Johanna Hansel/dpa/Zuma Press NEW YORK–Columbia University’s acting president defended higher education and acknowledged the absence of Mahmoud Khalil during the school’s commencement ...

Shipman was booed at a smaller graduation ceremony the day before ... counter antisemitism that took place during the protests. In March, Columbia largely agreed to a series of administration ...