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In Focus: Shafik is inaugurated, protesters attend in force

By Gabriella Gregor Splaver / Senior Staff Photographer
By Judy Goldstein and Gabriella Gregor Splaver • October 5, 2023 at 3:17 AM

After a week of historic rainfall, the sun was shining the morning of University President Minouche Shafik’s inauguration.

Photo by Genevieve Depke / Staff Photographer
Food was served on the South Lawn to students clamoring for a treat.

Photo by Genevieve Depke / Staff Photographer
Donuts melted in the sun.

Photo by Gabriella Gregor Splaver / Senior Staff Photographer
Two spectators enjoyed the sun on a free blanket given to attendees.

Photo by Gabriella Gregor Splaver / Senior Staff Photographer
The South Lawn was populated with community members eagerly awaiting the proceedings.


Photo by Iman Taha / Columbia Daily Spectator
A photographer captured a bird’s eye view of the inauguration.

Photo by Judy Goldstein / Senior Staff Photographer
Protesters gathered on College Walk.

Photo by Genevieve Depke / Staff Photographer
Columbia University Irving Medical Center students marched on College Walk to protest the University’s response to former medical center gynecologist Robert Hadden’s decades of sexual abuse.

Photo by Frances Cohen / Staff Photographer
Medical center students demanded that the University inform patients of former Columbia gynecologist Robert Hadden of his conviction.

Photo by Genevieve Depke / Staff Photographer
The audience of esteemed University personnel focused on the proceedings.

Photo by Gabriella Gregor Splaver / Senior Staff Photographer
Shafik peeked inside the 1754 charter.

Photo by Gabriella Gregor Splaver / Senior Staff Photographer
The scepter used in the inauguration proceedings lay on the table.

Photo by Gabriella Gregor Splaver / Senior Staff Photographer
Shafik emulated Alma Mater during her inaugural speech.

Photo by Judy Goldstein / Senior Staff Photographer
Columbia Postdoctoral Workers-United Auto Workers union filled pauses in the inauguration speech with chants, boos, and whistles.


Photo by Frances Cohen / Staff Photographer
Medical center students raised flyers high in the sky.

Photo by Iman Taha / Columbia Daily Spectator
Columbia Public Safety was on watch in between the inaugural proceedings and protest lines.

Photo by Judy Goldstein / Senior Staff Photographer
Roar-ee was briefed on the inauguration exit.

Photo by Judy Goldstein / Senior Staff Photographer
As the inauguration came to a close, the Columbia fight song played for the recessional.

Photo by Genevieve Depke / Staff Photographer
Later in the night, lasers filled the sky in a multicolored splendor.

Photo by Gabriella Gregor Splaver / Senior Staff Photographer
University News Photo Deputy Gabriella Gregor-Splaver can be contacted at gabriella.gregor-splaver@columbiaspectator.com.

Photo Editor Judy Goldstein can be contacted at judy.goldstein@columbiaspectator.com.

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