The federal government formally accused the university of violating civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students.

Graduation ceremonies are usually filled with celebration, pride, and a sense of unity. But this year’s commencement at Columbia University was anything but calm. Students made their feelings known with loud protests that interrupted the event and sent a clear message,

The finding by the Health and Human Services Department marks the latest blow for an Ivy League school already shaken by federal cutbacks and sustained government pressure to crack down on student speech.

Columbia is already in talks with the administration, which in March cut $400 million in grants and contracts to the school, citing antisemitism concerns on campus.

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The Columbia graduate student was supposed to attend the graduation celebration. Instead, he is in immigration detention, caught up in Trump’s crackdown on foreign students.

Columbia student activist seized by ICE agents holds month-old son for first time after 10 weeks of detention - Mahmoud Khalil met his son before crucial immigration court proceeding after ICE initial

The Trump administration lost in court again, after a judge ruled Wednesday that a detained Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist must be allowed to meet with his wife. Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil had said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were not allowing him to meet with his wife and newborn son.