NEW YORK CITY - Columbia announced Monday it would cancel its main commencement ceremony, opting for smaller graduation events for each of its 19 campuses. The decision follows weeks of unrest in its main Manhattan campus.
The university's campus was home to pro-Palestine encampments protesting the Israel-Hamas war throughout April, which led to the cancellation of classes. Last week, hundreds of police officers entered Hamilton Hall to remove some 46 protesters after they swarmed the building and arrested more than 100 people also assembling on campus.
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