Columbia University cancels main 2024 commencement ceremony, will host multiple ceremonies instead

NEW YORK - Columbia University said Monday they are canceling their main commencement ceremony plan after weeks of protests and turmoil on campus. Instead of one single commencement ceremony, the various schools involved will hold smaller, individual ceremonies. They will take place away from the South Lawn, where the larger commencement ceremony had originally been scheduled to take place on May 15, and where students had been encamped until police cleared them out.

- Professional Studies, Afternoon Ceremony | Baker Athletics Complex • 4:30 p.m. - Social Work | Baker Athletics Complex • 5:30 p.m. - Columbia Climate School | The Forum Saturday, May 11 • 8:00 a.m. - Business School, EMBA & PhD Candidates | Baker Athletics Complex • 11:30 a.m. - Business School, MBA | Baker Athletics Complex • Architecture, Planning and Preservation | St. Paul's Chapel Sunday, May 12 • 8:00 a.m.

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