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Faculty at Barnard College have received “abhorrent and viciously racist” robocalls related to the death of student Tessa Majors, the school said Thursday.

The disturbing messages were sent from a white supremacist group to the landlines of faculty and staff at Barnard and its affiliate Columbia University, according to a statement from Columbia.

“The contents of this message, related to Tess Majors’ recent death, are abhorrent and viciously racist,” read the statement from Columbia’s Office of University Life.

“We write to let you know that we are actively looking into this with the NYPD and are working to block the caller.”

The 18-year-old student was killed during a Dec. 11 robbery in Morningside Park.

After weeks on the lam, a 14-year-old boy was taken into custody on Thursday in relation to the case.

A 13-year-old boy, who’s charged with second-degree murder as an accomplice to Majors’ death, has allegedly identified the other teen as her killer.

The 14-year-old was swabbed for DNA and released Thursday.

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