The university has launched a flurry of investigations, led by a new disciplinary committee—the Office of Institutional Equity—to identify Columbia students who have expressed criticism of Israel, according to records shared with The Associated Press.

Maryam Alwan, who was arrested and suspended after her arrest at the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in 2024 at New York's Columbia University in 2024, is photographed outside the campus, Wednesday, March 5,

The university, the administration’s first big target in a campaign to root out what it called harassment on campus, could lose more than $50 million in funding.