# May 2025

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## 2025-05-01

* [Freed Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi accused of telling gun shop owner that he used to ‘kill Jews’ in Palestine: court docs](https://nypost.com/2025/05/01/us-news/freed-columbia-university-student-mohsen-mahdawi-accused-of-telling-gun-shop-owner-that-he-used-to-kill-jews-in-palestine-court-docs/) by Emily Crane, The New York Post, May 1, 2025
* [Mohsen Mahdawi allegedly said ‘I like to kill Jews,’ per court filing](https://www.jns.org/mohsen-mahdawi-allegedly-said-i-like-to-kill-jews-per-court-filing/) by Vita Fellig, JNS, May 1, 2025
* [In Focus: One year of protest at Columbia, in photos](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/photo-essays/2025/04/30/in-focus-one-year-of-protest-at-columbia-in-photos/) by Stella Ragas and Apurva Chakravarthy, Columbia Spectator, May 1, 2025
* [Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept.](https://archive.ph/5XfUg) by Devlin Barrett, The New York Times, May 1, 2025
* [Brandeis Center sues anti-Israel activists in federal court over Jew-hatred at UCLA, Columbia](https://www.jns.org/brandeis-center-sues-anti-israel-activists-in-federal-court-over-jew-hatred-at-ucla-columbia/) by Vita Fellig, JNS, May 1, 2025
* [Mohsen Mahdawi worked with us on dialogue across differences](https://-) by Gil Eyal, Gurtej Gill, and Aum Desai, Columbia Spectator, May 1, 2025 [Mohsen Mahdawi](/doc/2e40afb8-fec0-450f-97c5-7e62f94d6201) 

## 2025-05-05

* [Trump Administration Proposes Terms for Federal Oversight of Columbia University](https://archive.ph/LqNjW) by Liz Essley Whyte and Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2025
* [Shipman delivers updates on ongoing federal negotiations, senate review at University Senate plenary](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05/05/shipman-delivers-updates-on-ongoing-federal-negotiations-senate-review-at-university-senate-plenary/) by Isha Banerjee, Columbia Spectator, May 5, 2025

## 2025-05-06

* [Could Columbia Change Who Gets to Set the Rules on Protests?](https://archive.ph/8Ouhy) by Sharon Otterman, The New York Times, May 6, 2025
* [==Preserving Columbia's Critical Research Capabilities==](https://president.columbia.edu/news/preserving-columbias-critical-research-capabilities) ==by Claire Shipman, Angela V. Olinto, Anne Sullivan, Jeannette Wing, Columbia Website, May 6, 2025==
* [==An Update on the Senate Review Process==](https://secretary.columbia.edu/news/update-senate-review-process) ==by David J. Greenwald, Jeh Charles Johnson, Columbia Website, May 6, 2025==
* [Columbia University cuts 180 staffers funded by federal grants revoked by Trump administration](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-university-cuts-180-staffers-funded-federal-grants-revoked-tr-rcna205080) by Mirna Alsharif and Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC News, May 6, 2025
* [What makes Columbia the ‘activist Ivy’?](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05/06/what-makes-columbia-the-activist-ivy/) by Isha Banerjee and Emily Pickering, Columbia Spectator, May 6, 2025

## 2025-05-07

* [[🚨FLOOD BUTLER NOW] DISRUPTION UNTIL DIVESTMENT](https://cuapartheiddivest.substack.com/p/flood-butler-now-disruption-until), CUAD Substack, May 7, 2025 [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040) 
* [Dozens of masked anti-Israel protesters arrested after storming Columbia library — and Rubio vows to review visa status of ‘pro-Hamas thugs’](https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/masked-anti-israel-protesters-storm-columbia-library-shove-past-security-as-ivy-leaguers-prep-for-finals/) by Joe Marino, Marie Pohl, Chris Nesi and David Propper, The New York Post, May 7, 2025
* [Important Information Regarding Disruption in Butler Room 301](https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/important-information-regarding-disruption-butler-room-301), Columbia Website, May 7, 2025
* [Pro-Palestinian Protesters Take Over Columbia Library](https://archive.ph/6qS0Y) by Joseph Pisani, The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2025
* [Columbia’s Pulitzer Disgrace](https://freebeacon.com/media/columbias-pulitzer-disgrace/) by Washington Free Beacon Editors, Washington Free Beacon, May 7, 2025
* [Columbia Radicals Take Over Campus Library, Forcing Out Students Studying for Finals](https://freebeacon.com/campus/columbia-radicals-take-over-campus-library-forcing-out-students-studying-for-finals/) by Jessica Costescu, Washington Free Beacon, May 7, 2025
* [==Update on Butler Library Disruption: A Statement From Acting President Claire Shipman==](https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/update-butler-library-disruption-statement-acting-president-claire-shipman) ==by Claire Shipman, Columbia Website, May 7, 2025==
* [About 80 Pro-Palestinian Activists Arrested in Columbia Library Takeover](https://archive.ph/p9EdV) by Sharon Otterman, The New York Times, May 7, 2025
* [NYPD Arrests Over 70 After Protesters Seize Columbia Library](https://archive.ph/ahM5E) by Nacha Cattan and Myles Miller, Bloomberg, May 7, 2025
* [Undue Process Students Studying at Columbia Library Were Suspended for Protest They Took No Part In](https://archive.is/uExxB) by Meghnad Bose, Anna Oakes, The Intercept, May 7, 2025

## 2025-05-08

* [Protesters attempt to leave reading room protest as Public Safety demands identification](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05/07/protesters-attempt-to-leave-reading-room-protest-as-public-safety-demands-identification/) by Luisa Sukkar, Alexis Hernandez Lopez, and Spencer Davis, Columbia Spectator, May 8, 2025
* [Trump Administration Praises Columbia’s Crackdown on Protesters]() by Douglas Belkin and Joseph Pisani, The Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2025
* [Meet the Jewish students speaking to US lawmakers about Columbia’s protests](https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/5/7/meet-the-jewish-students-speaking-to-us-lawmakers-about-columbias-protests) by Ali Harb, Al Jazeera, May 7, 2025

## 2025-05-09

* [White House praises Columbia’s response after 80 arrested in pro-Palestinian protest at campus library](https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/us/columbia-university-library-protest) by Dalia Faheid , Omar Jimenez , Jillian Sykes , Betsy Klein, CNN, May 9, 2025
* [Columbia Students Arrested for Storming Library Include Several Repeat Offenders—Including Grad Student Who Demanded Humanitarian Aid From University](https://freebeacon.com/campus/columbia-students-arrested-over-latest-building-storming-include-repeat-offenders-punished-for-earlier-raids/) by Jessica Costescu and Jon Levine, Washington Free Beacon, May 9, 2025

## 2025-05-11

* [Inside the Columbia Library Takeover: an Interview with a Palestine Solidarity Activist](https://theworker.news/2025/05/11/inside-the-columbia-library-takeover-an-interview-with-a-palestine-solidarity-activist/), The Worker, May 11, 2025
* [Trump’s budget cuts threaten low-income students](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/03/11/trumps-budget-cuts-threaten-low-income-students/) by Tara Terranova, Columbia Spectator, May 11, 2025

## 2025-05-12

* [Columbia’s Armstrong to Return From Sabbatical as CEO of Medical Center](https://freebeacon.com/campus/columbias-armstrong-to-return-as-ceo-of-medical-center/) by Aaron Sibarium and Eliana Johnson, Washington Free Beacon, May 12, 2025
* [What Could Go Wrong? Columbia Announces Obama DHS Secretary Will Co-Chair Board of Trustees as Trump Scrutinizes Anti-Semitism.](https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/what-could-go-wrong-columbia-announces-obama-dhs-secretary-will-co-chair-board-of-trustees-as-trump-scrutinizes-anti-semitism/) by  Matthew Xiao, Washington Free Beacon, May 12, 2025
* [==Updates from the Rules Administrator==](https://universitylife.columbia.edu/content/updates-rules-administrator)==, Columbia Website, May 12, 2025==
* [Maggie Gyllenhaal’s daughter Ramona Sarsgaard reportedly arrested at Columbia library protest](https://www.jta.org/2025/05/12/united-states/maggie-gyllenhaals-daughter-ramona-sarsgaard-reportedly-arrested-at-columbia-library-protest) by Grace Gilson, JTA, May 12, 2025

## 2025-05-13

* [Letter from the Editors: Columbia and Barnard are failing their student press](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/05/13/letter-from-the-editors-columbia-and-barnard-are-failing-their-student-press/) by Shea Vance and Heather Chen, Columbia Spectator, May 13, 2025

## 2025-05-14

* [ICE Duped a Federal Judge Into Allowing Raid on Columbia Student Dorms](https://archive.is/fhEdO) by Shawn Musgrave, The Intercept, May 14, 2025

## 2025-05-15

* [Student Arrested for Violent Storming of Columbia Library Was Featured Once at Anti-Hate Summit Hosted by NYC Mayor Adams](https://freebeacon.com/campus/student-arrested-for-violent-columbia-storming-once-hosted-by-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-at-anti-hate-summit/) by Jon Levine, Washington Free Beacon, May 15, 2025
* ['Corpse of the Phallus,' Black Latex, and Circus Performers: Meet The Avant-Garde Artists Arrested For Violently Storming Columbia Library](https://freebeacon.com/campus/corpse-of-the-phallus-black-latex-and-circus-performers-meet-the-avant-garde-artists-arrested-for-violently-storming-columbia-library/) by Jon Levine, Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, May 15, 2025
* [Judge rules Mohsen Mahdawi can attend Columbia graduation](https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5302820-mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-graduation-ceremony-trump-immigration-crackdown/) by Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, May 15, 2025

## 2025-05-16

* [Dear Columbia: It’s Time to Rethink DEI](https://www.sundial-cu.org/p/dear-columbia-its-time-to-rethink) by Imaan Chaudhry, Sundial, May 16, 2025

## 2025-05-18

* [Lee Bollinger Whitewashes Elite-University Decay](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/18/lee_bollinger_whitewashes_elite-university_decay_152809.html) by Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics, May 18, 2025

## 2025-05-19

* [How Trump Defeated Columbia The inside story of an unconditional surrender.](https://archive.ph/oLq9P) by Nick Summers, New York, May 19, 2025
* [Bloomberg Journalist Among Anti-Israel Radicals Arrested for Storming Columbia Library](https://freebeacon.com/campus/bloomberg-journalist-among-anti-israel-radicals-arrested-for-storming-columbia-library/) by Jon Levine, Washington Free Beacon, May 19, 2025
* [Eden Yadegar, GS/JTS ’25, on becoming the face of the pro-Israel movement at Columbia](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05/19/eden-yadegar-gsjts-25-on-becoming-the-face-of-the-pro-israel-movement-at-columbia/) by Spencer Davis, Columbia Spectator, May 19, 2025

## 2025-05-21

* [After harassment at Columbia, this Jewish undergrad felt most attacked by her student paper](https://archive.ph/EM2DS) by Benyamin Cohen, Forward, May 21, 2025
* [Anti-Israel protesters spark chaos outside Columbia University graduation with diploma-burning, aggressive chants](https://nypost.com/2025/05/21/us-news/columbia-university-commencement-results-in-arrests-diploma-burning-mayhem-and-chaos/) by Georgett Roberts and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, May 21, 2025
* [Columbia University prez defends ex-student Mahmoud Khalil in commencement, sparking graduates’ anger](https://nypost.com/2025/05/21/us-news/columbia-university-president-defends-mahmoud-khalil-in-commencement-address/) by Georgett Roberts and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, May 21, 2025
* [Anti-Israel protesters torch diplomas outside Columbia University on graduation day](https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-israel-protesters-torch-diplomas-outside-columbia-university-graduation-day) by Michael Dorgan, Fox News, May 21, 2025
* [Columbia Graduation Draws Pro-Palestinian Protesters](https://archive.ph/BxiDH) by Joseph Pisani and Jennifer Calfas, The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2025

## 2025-05-22

* [You Radicalized Them. This Is On You: An Open Letter to America’s Universities](https://amygallatin23.substack.com/p/you-radicalized-them-this-is-on-you) by Amy Gallatin, Amy’s Newsletter Substack, May 22, 2025
* [From Million-Dollar Homes to Radical Activism—These Posh Private School Alumni Were Among the Arrested Columbia and Barnard Students](https://freebeacon.com/campus/from-million-dollar-homes-to-radical-activism-these-posh-private-school-alumni-were-among-the-arrested-columbia-and-barnard-students/) by Jessica Schwalb, Jon Levine and Jessica Costescu, Washington Free Beacon, May 22, 2025
* [==HHS’ Civil Rights Office Finds Columbia University in Violation of Federal Civil Rights Law==](https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/ocr-columbia-violates-federal-civil-rights-law.html)==, Department of Health and Human Services, May 22, 2025==
* [==Joint Notice of Violation to Columbia University==](https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/compliance-enforcement/agreements/ocr-joint-notice-of-violation-to-columbia.html)==, Department of Health and Human Services, May 22, 2025==
* [Douglas Murray: DC killings show how Americans are being incited to kill Jews by anti-Israel propaganda](https://nypost.com/2025/05/22/opinion/dc-killings-show-how-americans-are-being-incited-to-kill-jews-by-anti-israel-propaganda/) by Douglas Murray, The New York Post, May 22, 2025
* [Columbia Violated Students’ Civil Rights, Government Investigation Finds](https://archive.ph/omvrB) by Liz Essley Whyte and Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2025
* [Columbia Heads to Summer Break With Reputation Scarred](https://archive.ph/iWFFw) by Tumult by Francesca Maglione, Claire Ballentine, and Nacha Cattan, Bloomberg, May 22, 2025

## 2025-05-23

* [Anti-Israel group that helped incite Columbia library takeover praises DC shooter: ‘an act of solidarity and love’](https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/us-news/group-that-helped-incite-columbia-library-takeover-praises-dc-shooter/) by Kate Sheehy, The New York Post, May 23, 2025
* [==An Update from Acting President Shipman on Our Commitment to Combatting Antisemitism==](https://president.columbia.edu/news/update-acting-president-shipman-our-commitment-combatting-antisemitism) ==by Claire Shipman, Columbia University, May 23, 2025==
* [HHS concludes Columbia violated civil-rights law, will refer case to Justice if school doesn’t comply](https://www.jns.org/hhs-concludes-columbia-violated-civil-rights-law/), JNS, May 23, 2025

## 2025-05-24

* [Here’s the Full List of Everyone Arrested for Storming Columbia Library](https://freebeacon.com/campus/heres-the-full-list-of-everyone-arrested-for-storming-columbia-library/) by Jon Levine, Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, May 24, 2025

## 2025-05-28

* [Columbia Let Him Walk. What if He’s Guilty?](https://www.sundial-cu.org/p/columbia-let-him-walk-what-if-hes) by Shoshana Aufzien and Noam Woldenberg, Sundial, May 28, 2025
* [Dismiss Our Cases, Keffiyeh-Clad Columbia Radicals Tell NYC Court](https://freebeacon.com/campus/dismiss-our-cases-keffiyeh-clad-columbia-radicals-tell-nyc-court/) by Jon Levine, Washington Free Beacon, May 28, 2025

## 2025-05-29

* [==EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil Alleges the Trump Admin and Pro-Israel Groups Coordinated to Target Him==](https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-mahmoud-khalil-alleges) ==by Prem Thakker, Zeteo, May 29, 2025== [tagDJHC](/doc/f1719dc2-088d-47bc-a45e-34b258cc3050) 

## 2025-05-31

* [Columbia Has Become What It Claims to Hate](https://www.sundial-cu.org/p/columbia-has-become-what-it-claims) by Imaan Chaudhry, Sundial, May 31, 2025

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