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The 1786 commencement was the university's first commencement after its re-founding as Columbia College following the American Revolution, and was held on April 11 of that year in St. Paul's Chapel. After nearly a decade of suspended operations on account of the war, the event was regarded as "a most auspicious one in the annals of New York."
Columbia will replace its universitywide commencement ceremony on May 15 with "smaller-scale, school-based celebrations," university officials announced Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests roiled the Ivy League college's campus, but it will still hold ...
Columbia's announcement Monday that it was canceling next week's universitywide commencement ceremony in favor of small-scale celebrations was met with disappointment from seniors and their ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation Part of the pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, the Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States, and student activism at Columbia University A scene of the second campus encampment, several days after the NYPD arrested ...
The first commencement at Columbia University was held on June 21, 1758, when the university, then known as King's College, conferred seven degrees upon its first graduating class. Since then, numerous traditions have evolved around the ceremony.
On May 6, Columbia University in New York announced they were canceling their main commencement ceremony over security concerns related to the protests on campus, a university official told NBC News.
The 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation was a protest at Columbia University in New York City. The protests began on April 17, 2024, when pro-Palestinian students established an encampment of approximately fifty tents on the university's campus, and ended on June 2, 2024. [ 37 ]