• The Barnard gate at 117th and Broadway is currently the single open point of entrance until further notice. Barnard’s campus is currently restricted to those holding a valid BCID and all in-person events are for the Barnard community only. The Barnard campus is currently not open to Columbia University students, faculty or staff. Visitors to campus remain limited. Any visitor request must be submitted using the Guest Request Access form on Workday. Campus visitors will be granted access for critical operational functions and certain academic events with prior approval from divisional leaders. We are closely monitoring outside vendors that come to our campus and limiting attendance at meetings. Visitors to residence halls will be allowed only for move-out assistance in order to facilitate the end of semester moving process. Students living in the Quad should use the Guest Request Access form to ensure their move-out assistant(s) is able to access the main campus. Move-out assistants for students living in off-campus residence halls will use the guest registration form at the access attendant desk and then get a guest sticker from the access attendant. Non-BCID overnight guests are currently not permitted in residence halls. According to Columbia, access to Columbia’s campus at this time has been limited to students residing in residential buildings on campus and faculty and Columbia employees. The only access point into and out of campus is the 116th Street and Amsterdam gate. (posted 5/1/24)
• Beginning April 15, access to the Barnard campus will be limited to CUID only. The gate at 119th Street and Broadway will be closed. If individuals need to arrange gate access to campus who does not have an ID card, please contact the CARES response team at 212-854-3362. Those with CUIDs are also able to bring their guests into the gates with them. (posted 4/15/2024)
• Barnard gates are open. Students, faculty and staff will be notified if this changes.  A message from Columbia University: Beginning at 11 a.m. on February 8, access to the Columbia University Morningside campus will be limited to CUID holders only with entry at the College Walk pedestrian gates at Broadway and 116th and Amsterdam and 116th, Wien Gate on 116th between Amsterdam and Morningside Drive, Earl Hall Gate at 117th and Broadway, and John Jay Gate on 114th Street near Amsterdam. All other Columbia campus gates will be closed. Those with a pre-scheduled meeting or event with a non-affiliate at 11 a.m. or later on Thursday that cannot be rescheduled should email publicsafety@columbia.edu to coordinate arrangements. CUID-only access will end as soon as conditions allow. (posted 2/8/2024)
• In response to the ongoing conflict, NYPD has increased its presence citywide. This includes a presence around the Morningside Heights campuses but is not necessarily related to an issue happening on the Barnard or Columbia campuses. (posted 10/26/23)
• Barnard Community Safety is working with the NYPD to address concerns related to displays of students on trucks in front of campus. NYPD can require parked trucks to move when they are double parked and/or obstructing pedestrian crossings, as such parking creates a traffic and pedestrian safety issue. NYPD cannot require trucks to move when they are in motion or legally parked on city streets. Barnard Community Safety will continue to monitor the parking and safety concerns around these trucks and report violations to the NYPD accordingly.  Anyone can call 311 to report.  Students whose photos are displayed should contact Barnard's CARES Community Safety (212-854-6666 or 4-6666 from a campus phone) for assistance. (posted 10/27/23)

If you have questions and issues related to this crisis, including those related to safety, mental health and wellbeing, and academic success, please email communityresponse@barnard.edu.

• Barnard’s top priority is the safety of our community. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive community where our students can live and learn without harassment and discrimination.

• See Campus Access Updates above for current information.

• Please refer to the Spring Academic Policies and Procedures webpage for all up-to-date information about exams, assessments and grading.

• Planning is well underway for Commencement, and we look forward to celebrating our students’ achievements on May 15th. 
• The College also continues to hold events on campus, including admitted student programming, Barnard|Next/Lifelong Learning, and academic events.
• We will continue to plan for all eventualities and scenarios.

• Barnard has rules regarding the time, place, and manner of public demonstrations that help uphold our commitment to freedom of expression while also ensuring that we promote a safe, respectful, and inclusive campus environment.
• Many students who participated in the unauthorized encampments chose to remain in the encampment even as they were warned repeatedly that the encampment violated multiple provisions of Barnard’s Student Code of Conduct.
• These warnings were based on the refusal to follow rules regarding safe demonstrations and the use of tents on the Columbia campus. The students rejected multiple opportunities to leave the encampment without consequence, and they remained after they received written notices from Barnard that warned that their continued participation in the unauthorized encampment would lead to interim suspensions and outlined the parameters of such suspensions. 
• The events surrounding the unauthorized encampment at Columbia have disrupted campus life and created a harassing and intimidating environment for many of our students. Barnard’s top priority is the safety of our community. To ensure our campus environment is an inclusive community where our students can live and learn free from harassment, the same policies and standards of discipline must apply to all students.

• Barnard’s commitment to open inquiry and expression while also stressing that free expression for some should not mean that others feel unwelcome, unsafe, or threatened in the place we all share.
• We took these steps because students established an unauthorized encampment with the stated intention to remain, in violation of multiple rules and policies.

• We will continue to treat future unauthorized protests according to our policies.

• No. Students on interim suspension were not asked to permanently move out of their campus residences.
• As detailed in President Rosenbury’s email, the College is working to expedite resolutions for Barnard students on interim suspension. The vast majority of the students on interim suspension have not previously engaged in misconduct under Barnard’s rules, and they were sent written notices offering to lift the interim suspensions, and immediately restore their access to College buildings, including campus housing, if they agree to follow all Barnard rules during a probationary period. 
• Accommodations have been made on a case-by-case basis for certain students who have requested access to the residence halls for medical or other reasons, and the College is helping find alternative housing arrangements when needed.

• The College is in touch with students under interim suspension and is providing them with the support to access food and arrangements to alternative housing, when needed. To be clear:
  • Affected students remain able to utilize College services, including healthcare, mental health counseling, and academic support.
  • Hot meals(when requested) and non-perishable food bags are available to suspended students from our CARES Office. 
  • Affected students who request it are being provided additional time to access belongings in their dorms.
• To our knowledge, none of the Barnard students on interim suspensions are unhoused. If requested, we are assisting students with arrangements for alternative housing.

• It is at a faculty member’s discretion whether students on interim suspension may attend a class virtually. It is also at a faculty member’s discretion whether to alter or accept coursework, assignments or final exams from Barnard students on interim suspension. A faculty member may use any manner of contact to support their students through virtual office hours.
• We strongly encourage all faculty members to provide students with maximum flexibility.

• The vast majority of the students on interim suspension have not previously engaged in misconduct under Barnard’s rules. The College sent written notices to these students offering to lift the interim suspensions, and immediately restore their access to College buildings, if they agree to follow all Barnard rules during a probationary period.
  • If these students choose this path, neither the interim suspension nor the probationary period will appear on the students’ academic transcripts and will not become part of students’ reportable disciplinary records barring a finding of responsibility under the Student Code of Conduct for future misconduct.
• The remaining students on interim suspension have previously received notices regarding misconduct, and the College is committed to addressing these situations quickly yet thoughtfully through our conduct process.
• Students remaining on interim suspension may not physically be on campus, but Barnard professors may permit them to attend class via Zoom and otherwise complete work remotely. We strongly encourage all faculty members to provide students with the maximum flexibility.

Barnard students are obligated to adhere to campus policies on both the Barnard and Columbia campuses and are obligated to follow the Barnard College Student Code of Conduct at all times.

• Barnard’s is committed to open inquiry and expression while also stressing that free expression for some should not mean that others feel unwelcome, unsafe, or threatened in the place we all share.
• Many students who participated in the unauthorized encampments on Columbia’s campus chose to remain in the encampment even as they were warned repeatedly that the encampment violated multiple provisions of Barnard’s Student Code of Conduct.
• These warnings were based on the refusal to follow rules regarding safe demonstrations and the use of tents on the Columbia campus. The students rejected multiple opportunities to leave the encampment without consequence, and they remained after they received written notices from Barnard that warned that their continued participation in the unauthorized encampment would lead to interim suspensions and outlined the parameters of such suspensions. 

• Athena Center for Leadership Dinner and Dialogue: Small gatherings with students and alumnae for dinner and conversation.
• Design Your Dialogue: A new speaker series beginning in Spring 2024. Inclusion and Engaged Learning and Campus Life and Student Experience will work with a cohort of students to identify and choose scholars, public figures, artists, innovators, and activists to help us examine major issues affecting our local, national, and international communities. The focus for Spring 2024 will be the war in the Middle East.
• Challenging Antisemitism: Upstander Strategies Student Workshop. As antisemitic acts continue to rise across the United States, including in New York City, what can we do as a community to create an environment of solidarity, affirmation, and justice for Jewish students and colleagues? This workshop will unpack the tropes of modern antisemitism, how they show up in contemporary discourse, and how they can impact the life of a college student. Through dialogue-based learning exercises, participants will be invited to explore the early messages they received about Jews and Jewish communities, consider strategies for interrupting antisemitic tropes when they show up on campus, and employ practices for building an inclusive and socially just community. Details to come.
• Challenging Islamophobia: Upstander Strategies Student Workshop. Milstein LL001. In this interactive workshop, students will delve into the complex issue of Islamophobia, its origins, manifestations, and impacts on Muslim communities and the broader society. Students will not only gain a deeper understanding of Islamophobia and its consequences but also acquire tools to challenge prejudice and build bridges of understanding within their communities. Details to come.
• Academic Speaker Series co-sponsored by Barnard College and Columbia's Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
  • April 14, 2024: Lecture and Q&A with Dahlia Scheindlin, fellow at Century International, based in Tel Aviv, and Gershom Gorenberg, an Israeli journalist specializing in Middle Eastern politics and the interaction of religion and politics. Time and registration details to come.

• Tea on Tuesdays with Dean Grinage, VP Rosales, and VP Catallozzi (and teams) from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Milbank 115 to provide drop-in support for all members of our community and advising to students.
• Dialogue over Breakfast: President Rosenbury and senior leaders host small breakfasts for groups of students who seek to have safe and respectful discussions about these dynamics. Students may sign up to attend here.
• Task Force on Dismantling and Preventing Hate and Discrimination on Campus

• Israel and Palestine: A History of the Present, February 26, 2024, with speakers Derek Penslar, William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University and Liora Halperin, Professor in International Studies and History and Distinguished Endowed Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Washington.
• The Debate Over Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: The Terms and the Stakes, January 25, 2024, with Ethan Katz, Associate Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Moderator, Deborah Valenze, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of History, Barnard College. 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Registration details to come. Part of the Academic Speaker Series co-sponsored by Barnard College and Columbia's Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
• Toward a Beloved Community: A Day of Dialogue and Reflection, January 19, 2024. Daylong series of events geared to students, designed to promote respectful dialogue across differences and affirm Barnard's commitment to being an inclusive community. Students learned, from nationally recognized experts, about the war in the Middle East and its ripple effects around the world, and engaged in practical skill-building to engage in dialogue and live and learn together. Speakers included Dr. Hatem Bazian, Executive Director of the Islamophobia Studies Center, Dr. Ron Hassner, Professor of Political Science and Faculty Director of the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, Professor Omar Dajani, Professor of Law at the University of the Pacific, and Dr. Mira Sucharov, Professor of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Day included The Power of Stories: A Literary Interpretation and Storytelling Workshop, facilitated by faculty across the College and Barnard student Writing Fellows.
• Challenging Antisemitism: Upstander Strategies (December 4 and 5) 
• Challenging Islamophobia: Upstander Strategies (December 7)
• The Power of Stories: A Literary Interpretation and Storytelling Workshop (December 8)  
• Radical Empathy: How to Find Understanding Even When You Disagree (December 7 and 8)

• Empathy, Dialogue, and Community Care: Tools for Turbulent Times: A guide to offer everyone in our community tools to lean into personal wellness, interpersonal empathy, and community care during these turbulent times.
• Dialogue and Difference: An ongoing project out of Barnard's Center for Engaged Pedagogy that is dedicated to exploring techniques for facilitating complex classroom dialogues.