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The 1786 commencement was the university's first commencement after its re-founding as Columbia College following the American Revolution, and was held on April 11 of that year in St. Paul's Chapel. After nearly a decade of suspended operations on account of the war, the event was regarded as "a most auspicious one in the annals of New York."
Columbia will replace its universitywide commencement ceremony on May 15 with "smaller-scale, school-based celebrations," university officials announced Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests roiled the Ivy League college's campus, but it will still hold ...
Ishmael said she and her parents had to "make their peace" that a typical commencement ceremony at Columbia, which dates to 1758, when the school was known as King's College, might not occur ...
The 1811 commencement was cancelled midway through its proceedings after graduating senior John B. Stevenson refused to make edits to a speech that advocated for more direct democracy in Republican governance. [1] Stevenson was refused his diploma, and the students and the audience turned on the stage party, hissing and jeering at the them.
On May 6, Columbia University in New York announced they were canceling their main commencement ceremony over security concerns related to the protests on campus, a university official told NBC News.
During commencement, students are required to don their academic regalia, and traditionally brandish items representative of their respective schools during the centuries-old ceremony. In addition to "Stand, Columbia," several songs have become associated with commencement at Columbia, including Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" and Jay-Z's ...
Columbia has cancelled its commencement ceremony on 15 May for smaller celebrations, citing ‘security concerns’ as one of the main reasons