George Washington University released a statement today from president Steven Knapp saying that the school has rescinded Bill Cosby’s honorary degree.

A few months ago, a university statement said that while the college’s community was “shocked and disturbed by the allegations” against Cosby, “it has never been the university’s practice to rescind an honorary degree.”

But oh what a difference a court appearance makes. Amid GW’s engagement in President Obama’s “It’s on Us” campaign against sexual assault and Bill Cosby’s December arraignment for indecent assault, Knapp has reconsidered:

What has particularly moved and impressed me has been the argument that, whatever may ultimately be determined about the guilt or innocence of Mr. Cosby in a court of law, the controversy itself has become a cause of renewed distress for our students and alumni who are survivors of sexual assault. That makes this case different, in my considered judgment, from other cases in which the assessment of a degree candidate might be altered by subsequent information or events.

Cosby has received nearly 60 honorary degrees since becoming a prominent comedian in the 1960s.

He remains on the iconic Ben’s Chili Bowl mural.