During her speech, Columbia’s acting President Claire Shipman acknowledged Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student in ICE custody.

Anti-Israel protesters burned diplomas outside Columba University Wednesday demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil who was ...

The head of Columbia University alluded to the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil during a commencement speech ...

Acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman on Wednesday bizarrely chose to stoke the flames by acknowledging ...

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

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside Columbia University's gates during Wednesday's graduation ...

Columbia students rally for peer Mahmoud Khalil, detained by ICE over pro-Palestinian activism, at the 2025 commencement ceremony.

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 ...

In 2024, Columbia canceled its university-wide commencement ceremony due to safety concerns regarding pro-Palestinian ...

The Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) group, which Khalil helped lead, encouraged students to protest beforehand ... disruption followed on from a graduation ceremony on Tuesday where ...

There was one notable -- and loudly noted -- absence on Wednesday at Columbia University's graduation ceremony: detained ...

Claire Shipman acknowledges detained anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil, says democratic norms 'cannot be taken for granted ...