Columbia University acting President Claire Shipman was greeted with boos and chants of "free Mahmoud" as she took the lectern to speak at the school's graduation ceremony.

The Columbia graduate student was supposed to attend the graduation celebration. Instead, he is in immigration detention, caught up in Trump’s crackdown on foreign students.

Columbia University President Claire Shipman was booed on Wednesday during her commencement address to the class of 2025. Amid her remarks, graduates shouted in protest of the detainment of their ...

Columbia students rally for peer Mahmoud Khalil, detained by ICE over pro-Palestinian activism, at the 2025 commencement ceremony.