Emily Pickering

1 month ago | columbiaspectator.com | Ricardo DeAratanha |Tulasi Cherukuri |Emily Pickering

“This was the first time in a 25-year career that I’ve ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one,” he wrote. “I have immense respect for Jelani Cobb as a journalist and educator, but the decision to let me go was hasty, ill-considered and quite frankly baffling.” Cobb is dean of the Journalism School, which publishes CJR. With Chan’s departure, Betsy Morais, CC ’11, will lead the publication as interim editor. Morais was previously the managing editor of CJR.

2 months ago | columbiaspectator.com | Anna Fedorova |Spencer Davis |Emily Pickering

The Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism had announced the immediate cancellation of $400 million in federal grants and contracts with the University on March 7. The Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism had announced the immediate cancellation of $400 million in federal grants and contracts with the University on March 7.

2 months ago | columbiaspectator.com | Stella Ragas |Emily Pickering |Isabella Ramírez |Esha Karam

Martinez sent the poll to all members of the University’s 22 schools. Martinez sent the poll to all members of the University’s 22 schools. The majority of respondents to a February University Senate poll opposed New York Police Department presence on campus, as well as and mask bans in classrooms, protests, and at University events, according to a Friday Student Affairs Committee newsletter sent to all Columbia students.

Mar 6, 2025 | columbiaspectator.com | Stella Ragas |Emily Pickering |Spencer Davis

Barnard’s Student Government Association listed three demands, including amnesty for all students involved in the Milstein sit-in, in a Wednesday email to the Barnard students. Barnard’s Student Government Association listed three demands, including amnesty for all students involved in the Milstein sit-in, in a Wednesday email to the Barnard students. Pro-Palestinian protesters staged a sit-in in the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Jan 31, 2025 | columbiaspectator.com | Emily Pickering |Daksha Pillai

Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Sundial on Wednesday as part of a global initiative to show support for the Bibas family, an Israeli family Hamas took hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. The demonstration draws from an international initiative , started by a support group for the Bibas family, encouraging the public to dress in orange in solidarity with the family on Wednesday. Hamas still holds Shiri, Yarden, their two-year-old son Kfir, and their five-year-old daughter Ariel Bibas hostage.