Columbia University

How is Harvard pushing back against Trump? Are other elite schools toeing the line?

After US President Trump on Tuesday threatened the tax-exempt status of Harvard – the oldest and among the most prestigious Ivy League schools in America – leadership of the university has vowed to ‘not surrender its independence or its constitutional rights.’ But how is Harvard fighting back? And what about other elite US schools like Columbia, Princeton and Cornell?

Who is Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian Columbia student arrested at his US citizenship interview?

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian and legal US resident for over 10 years, was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on April 8 during a naturalisation interview in Colchester, Vermont. A philosophy student at Columbia University, Mahdawi co-founded the Dar Palestinian student group and Columbia University Apartheid Divest. He now faces deportation under a provision linked to US foreign policy threats

After Columbia, how Donald Trump is now targeting Harvard

The Donald Trump administration has threatened Harvard with a cut of $9 billion in federal grants and contracts. The government has accused Harvard of allowing antisemitism to run riot on its campus in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks on Israel. The development comes just weeks after the government froze funding for Columbia University. But what happened? What do we know?

Is Trump threat to Columbia a warning for other universities to get their act together?

Earlier this month, the US government set a precondition as it pulled back research grants. To have the funding back on, federal officials last week demanded the university immediately enact nine separate reforms to its academic and security policies

How US immigration authorities tried to hunt down Indian student Ranjani Srinivasan and her escape to Canada

Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian student at Columbia University, self-deported from the US after the Trump administration revoked her visa. Federal agents came to her apartment looking for her several times. The 37-year-old decided to leave the country in haste and took a flight to Canada

Indian student Ranjani Srinivasan self-deports from US: How does it work?

Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian pursuing PhD at Columbia University, 'self-deported' from the US after her student visa was revoked last week. The US Department of Homeland Security recently launched the CBP Home app that has a ‘self deport’ feature. Here's how it works

Can US deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder?

Mahmoud Khalil, who gained limelight during pro-Palestinian campus protests at Columbia University last year, has been arrested. US President Donald Trump has termed his arrest as the first of ‘many to come’. But what did he do and will he be deported?

Why has America's richest university paused hiring?

After Stanford and Cornell, Harvard University, the richest in the country, has also announced a hiring freeze. Another Ivy League varsity – the University of Pennsylvania – is also no longer recruiting staff. But why?

Will international students at US universities now face deportation for protesting?

The Trump administration has revoked $400 million in federal grants from Columbia University, citing the institution’s failure to prevent anti-Semitic harassment on campus. Additionally, the government has warned that any educational institution allowing 'illegal protests' could face funding cuts, while international students participating in pro-Palestine demonstrations may face deportation, visa revocations or legal action

New York says students suffered 'no injuries' in Columbia arrests but medical records tell different story

The documented injuries included a fractured eye socket, concussions, an ankle sprain, cuts, and injured wrists and hands from tight plastic flexicuffs