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Columbia College Passes Historic Vote on Divestment from Israel

While Columbia is not the first college to pass divestment from companies supporting Israel’s occupation, it joins a growing list of U.S. colleges and universities, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which passed a divestment referendum just last week. Columbia follows in the footsteps of Barnard College, where students in April 2018 voted overwhelmingly in favor of a similar divestment referendum.

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“It feels almost like a robbery,” Columbia cardiologist who pushed to rename Bard Hall uncredited by University

Dr. Raymond Givens, a cardiologist and professor at Columbia’s medical school, has been fighting to change the name of Bard Hall since early June. In August, University President Lee Bollinger announced that the dormitory would be renamed. Givens received no credit, and he says his inquiries to the University have gone largely unanswered.

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