College and University Monitor

The office of Jewish professor Elizabeth Midlarsky, who teaches and researches the Holocaust at Columbia Teachers College, was vandalized with swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs on Wednesday.

The incident is under active investigation by the NYPD, and there is no known perpetrator at this time.

Midlarsky found the graffiti—two swastikas alongside the derogatory term “Yid"—when she came to her office around 1 p.m. today, at which point she notified security. The graffiti was drawn in the entryway to Midlarksy’s office, which is not shared with other staff....