Columbia cancels commencement amid pro-Palestinian protests
Columbia’s commencement announcement came hours before its own journalism school prepared to announce the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, the prestigious journalism and literature prize.
A person hangs a sign at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 29, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/CHRIS HELGREN)ByANDREW LAPIN/JTAUpdated:
