In a message to students Monday, Columbia announced that its university-wide commencement would be canceled following weeks of protests and the shutdown of the University campus.

On Tuesday, Charlie Bonkowsky attended “A Conversation With Galina Timchenko of Meduza,” hosted jointly by the Harriman Institute and the Columbia Journalism School.

Fun for all ages (of posters)!

On Wednesday, Charlie Bonkowsky attended “The Path To A Next-Generation Gamma-Ray Observatory,” a seminar hosted by Dr. Jeremy Perkins, a NASA astrophysicist.

On Wednesday, Charlie Bonkowsky attended “Decoding Dark Matter with Stellar Streams from Beyond the Milky Way,” a colloquium presented by Dr. Sarah Pearson, a Hubble Fellow at NYU.

Get wild! Make art!

On Wednesday, Charlie Bonkowsky attended “Dwarf Galaxy Archaeology with the Rapid Neutron-capture Process,” a colloquium presented by Dr. Alex Ji of the University of Chicago.

A hot-seat trial-by-fire for the new Dean.

Oh, what might have been…

Returned to Low Library after years outside, this rare glimpse into the elusive event space as finals rush towards us like an oncoming train was a sight to behold. Or just a chance for university-affiliated groups to hock their merch and clear out hot chocolate. You decide.

Because sportsball is cool once every four years!

On Saturday, Charlie Bonkowsky attended KCST’s performance of Henry IV, Parts One and Two, in the Lerner Blackbox Theater.

What happens when you stumble by accident into Columbia’s best-kept secrets?

On Wednesday, Staff Writer Charlie Bonkowsky attended two talks at the Astronomy Department: on binary star systems and their evolution, by Katelyn Breivik, and on high-energy black hole flares, by Bart Ripperda.

In an email today, Columbia College released new guidance for COVID-19 protocols, most notably the end of mandatory classroom masking starting October 1.