From the Columbia Daily Spectator: The House Committee on Energy and Commerce launched an antidiscrimination investigation into Columbia on Tuesday via a letter to acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94. The committee will look into whether areas of the University—particularly the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons—that receive federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services are complying with provisions of the Civil Rights Act. Committee chairman Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), the author of the letter, said the inquiry will examine whether the University is maintaining a safe environment for members of its community.
“The Committee is troubled by recent reports and allegations raising questions about Columbia University’s willingness to uphold its commitments to protect Jewish students, faculty, and staff,” Guthrie wrote in a Thursday news release accompanying his letter. “The fact that Columbia receives hundreds of millions of dollars from HHS and its subagencies, coupled with the serious concerns regarding its compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws, demonstrates that further oversight is needed.”
The letter calls for Columbia to provide answers to over a dozen questions surrounding the University’s handling of antidiscrimination complaints by April 7, including how many of those complaints were related to antisemitism...
Full story at https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/03/26/house-committee-on-energy-and-commerce-announces-antidiscrimination-investigation-into-columbia/. Letter at https://ia600402.us.archive.org/9/items/2-final-hjaa-report.-the-soil-beneath-the-encampments/Columbia%20Energy_and_Commerce_Letter_to_Columbia_University_3-24-2026.pdf.
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