Breaking: Columbia cancels main graduation ceremony after campus protests

The move follows turmoil that culminated in mass NYPD arrests of pro-Palestinian students. [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [Columbia cancels main graduation ceremony after campus protests]( Columbia University is canceling its largest commencement ceremony following months of turmoil that culminated in mass NYPD arrests of pro-Palestinian students who had set up encampments on campus and occupied a school building. The graduation ceremony had been scheduled for May 15. [Read More]( Related stories - ['We can't work, we can't think': Columbia University students study for finals following protest, campus lockdown]( - [NYPD says police arrested nearly 300 people at Columbia and City College protests]( - [Campus protests put Columbia president in crosshairs of critics on the left and right]( [We Rely On Your Support]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.