Federal agents detained a Columbia University student Thursday morning at one of the school’s residential buildings, acting President Claire Shipman wrote in an email to students. Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal claimed in a social media post that the agents “impersonated NYPD with fake badges and a phony missing persons bulletin for a 5 year … Read more
Claire Shipman, acting university president, said school believes agents made misrepresentations to enter a residential building. Source link
Department of Homeland Security agents allegedly detained a Columbia University student early Thursday morning after making “misrepresentations to gain entry” into a residence hall, the school said. Columbia University’s Acting President Claire Shipman said in a letter that federal agents entered a residence hall at around 6:30 a.m. and detained the student. The letter added … Read more
Columbia University’s president says a student was detained by federal agents Thursday morning at one of its residential buildings. “Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a ‘missing person,’” acting president Claire Shipman wrote in an email to the Columbia community. … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon late Wednesday ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying that the Trump administration’s plans for the massive structures would harm salmon runs that are “disappearing from the landscape.” The ruling came … Read more
A leading molecular biologist who won the Nobel prize for his work studying how the human brain processes smells has stood down from a prestigious post at Columbia University over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Richard Axel said in a Tuesday statement that he will resign as co-director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute … Read more