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God @thegodpodcast.com · Nov 23

Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀

CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Jun 27

Not to mention that MAHA also isn’t your typical community health org. It’s a politically charged initiative tied to RFK Jr., with a shaky scientific foundation and commercial interests. Columbia should be more transparent about who they’re using their platform to promote.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Jun 27

@columbiamed.bsky.social posted this on X? CUIMC has many obesity medicine docs, dietitians, etc. who study nutrition. Trustee Shoshana Shendelman isn’t one of them She’s been sued for fraud (hiding FDA concerns). Faculty have a petition to remove her from CU leadership: bit.ly/Remove-Trustee

Screenshot of a X post from @ColumbiaMed: Obesity is a serious public health issue nationwide, affecting nearly 20% of children in the U.S. To effectively address this crisis, @columbiaps' Dr. Shoshana Shendelman stresses the importance of collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry and community organizations like Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)
@: columbiamed.link/4eeUeFr

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Jun 17

Columbians won’t tolerate kings — which is why we’re standing up AGAINST authoritarianism and FOR democratic values & shared governance at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and in all levels of government!

CUIMC, join us! There’s an interest form linked on our website homepage: www.cuimcstandsup.org

Photo of Columbia contingent at NYC No Kings March with a large banner that says Columbians Against Kings. People are holding umbrellas and wearing rain ponchos. A sign in the front says “diversity = strength”

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Jun 17

The Columbia community SHOWED UP! Thank you so much to those who came out.

Our community is so strong and we will continue organizing in response to the Trump admin’s attacks on our university and on science and education everywhere

#NoKings #NoKingsNYC #RiseUpHigherEd

Photo of Columbia contingent at NYC No Kings March. People are holding umbrellas and wearing rain ponchos. A visible sign says “Protect Our Students”

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Jun 17

Columbians Against Kings! 🦁❌👑

We had such a vibrant Columbia contingent at the NYC No Kings March!! 💙✊

Columbia faculty and staff will continue standing up for our research, our teaching, and most crucially, our students!

📸: @ninaber.bsky.social

#NoKings #RiseUpHigherEd #HandsOffOurStudents

Photo of Columbia contingent at NYC No Kings March with a large sign that says Columbians Against Kings. People are holding umbrellas and wearing rain ponchos. A t shirt in the front says Columbians Fighting Back over an upside down crown.

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Jun 11

This 🧵 🔥
Clearly the @columbiauniversity.bsky.social community has some **questions** for the Board of Trustees

CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Jun 10

Last week, faculty & staff across
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
campuses gathered questions for the Board of Trustees on postcards then delivered them during their meeting on campus! 📬

HUNDREDS of CU community members wrote postcards w/ questions or submitted them online ✉️✍️

Read them here ⬇️

Messy pile of postcards with handwritten questions for Columbia trustees

group of faculty and staff and Roaree the lion mascot knocking on the door of low library attempting to deliver the postcards

Photo of Low Library at Columbia taken from in front of the Alma Mater statue which is visible to the left, on the right the postcards which were left taped to the door of Low are visible in the background

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Jun 10

Last week, faculty & staff across
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
campuses gathered questions for the Board of Trustees on postcards then delivered them during their meeting on campus! 📬

HUNDREDS of CU community members wrote postcards w/ questions or submitted them online ✉️✍️

Read them here ⬇️

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · May 20

Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman welcomed to Columbia College's graduation ceremony with sustained jeers and boos.

Minutes later, students break out in loud chants of "Free Mahmoud":

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · May 12

"Strains bounds of propriety"?

How about "shatters every ethical norm of public service"?

I truly want to know what the headline writers at the
@nytimes.com are smoking, and to what end.

Trump’s Plan to Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar Strains Bounds of Propriety

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · May 12

Columbia faculty & staff again gathered, now at both Morningside & CUIMC for silent vigils calling to end the persecution of our students & scholars.

Concurrent vigils held on campuses across the country will all continue weekly — Mondays, 12pm ET. Join us.

#CampusVigils #HandsOff #RiseUpHigherEd

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · May 12

Our toolkit can help with organizing a vigil on your campus in solidarity — because all of them are ALL our students and colleagues. ✊

Link to toolkit:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Screenshot of hands off toolkit: campus vigils for abducted students and colleagues

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · May 12

Tomorrow! 5/12 @ Noon ET‼️

Columbia faculty, staff, & students will again come together for a silent vigil calling for the release of our fellow scholars & for an end to their unlawful persecution

We’re gathering weekly as long as we need to

2 locations:
📍Morningside: Sundial
📍CUIMC: Haven Plaza

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · May 9

A vital piece of context for the weds protest at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/riseupco...

Open Letter on the Protest Response

From Religion Prof. Yannik Thiem

open.substack.com

Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · May 5

The Boston University #CampusVigilForAbductedStudents #HandsOff #CrossCampusVigils

Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · May 5

The Georgetown campus vigil #HandsOff

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · May 5

The Tufts #campusVigil

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · May 5

From today’s @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #CampusVigilForAbductedStudents #HandsOff

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 28

This is an epic 25 hour speak out that goes thru 1 pm tomorrow - follow live below!

Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 28

It’s live! Follow colleagues across @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as they talk about the need to PROTECT OUR STUDENTS PROTECT OUR TEACHING PROTECT OUR RESEARCH🔥🔥🔥🔥

www.youtube.com/live/ZunTzOJ...

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 28

It’s live! Follow colleagues across @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as they talk about the need to PROTECT OUR STUDENTS PROTECT OUR TEACHING PROTECT OUR RESEARCH🔥🔥🔥🔥

www.youtube.com/live/ZunTzOJ...

YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 25

This this this so much this

academeblog.org/2025/04/25/i...

It’s Not Too Late to Tell the Truth About Antisemitism on Campus

BY BROOKE LOBER, ELI MEYERHOFF, AND EMILY SCHNEIDER The climate on American university campuses is dangerous. Administrators ban protests for Palestinian rights. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

academeblog.org

Dan Malinsky @danielmalinsky.bsky.social · Apr 24

Columbia faculty (700+ signatures!) urges our Trustees to do 6 things:
1. Stand up for higher ed
2. Fight back against federal attacks (sue!)
3. Protect our students
4. Preserve academic freedom & fac governance
5. Affirm tenants of DEI
6. Protect research & provide backup funding
shorturl.at/6OLTJ

To Columbia’s trustees: Protect the future of higher education

Even before coming to power this year, President Donald Trump’s administration made its plans for targeting American higher education abundantly clear. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR65Ci...

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 22

Correction now @columbiauniversity.bsky.social has signed on, thank you Acting President Shipman 🙏

Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 22

Ashamed that @columbiauniversity.bsky.social failed to sign this statement in support of higher ed’s independence - President Shipman, pls stand up!

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U

A Call for Constructive Engagement

www.aacu.org

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Apr 22

Insanity. Sheer insanity.

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is taking us into Animal Farm territory, for a powerful person to state THE LITERAL OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS TRUE.

here at #VichyOnTheHudson things are feeling a little scary.

Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 22

TFW your university acting president speaks in Orwellian prose, saying that the university senate - which is elected through basic representative processes - is not “representative”.

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social please explain.

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Jennifer S Hirsch @jennifershirsch.bsky.social · Apr 22

Ashamed that @columbiauniversity.bsky.social failed to sign this statement in support of higher ed’s independence - President Shipman, pls stand up!

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U

A Call for Constructive Engagement

www.aacu.org

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Apr 19

Columbia Medical Campus (CUIMC) Students! Join us this Monday, 4/21, 8-9:30pm for a Virtual Townhall!

Bring your stories & questions, leave w/ actionable strategies — and a new community of CUIMC affiliates fighting gov repression & cuts to science & higher ed ✊🤝
Register here: bit.ly/CUIMCtownhall

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AAUP @aaup.org · Apr 14

RIGHT NOW:

Columbia physicians, nurses, researchers, & faculty are calling on the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump admin’s assault on students, research, teaching, and patients.

@cuimcstandsup.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · Apr 14

Our call to the Board in full detail is here.

Image of full call to the board, a text document, summarized in the main post.

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