The Barnard Administration announced via email today a virtual start to the Spring 2022 semester and increased restrictions amid COVID-19 developments. 

On Wednesday, November 17, Italian language writers Jhumpa Lahiri and Amara Lakhous joined the European Institute for a conversation about writing in Italian, migration/mobility, and belonging. 

On Tuesday, writer Emily Bernard spoke with Lis Harris at the School of the Arts as part of their ongoing Nonfiction Dialogues. The conversation was streamed on Zoom.

Welcome back to another year of arts coverage! “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

On September 16th, Dr. Waverly Duck gave a lecture on the sociology of tacit racism as part of an ongoing lecture series at the Center for Research on People of Color.

After more than a year of Columbia student theater taking place on Zoom or YouTube, in-person shows are making a tentative comeback. Deputy Arts Editor Grace Novarr spoke with Camilla Cox, the director of a recent production in Central Park, about making theater – virtually and in-person.

Study abroad programs will remain suspended for the fall semester, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the registrar’s office, the first day of fall classes will be September 9, not September 7 as the academic calendar initially stated. 

The 127th Annual Varsity Show: Campus in the Clouds premiered on May 7. Written by Wesley Schmidt (CC ’22) and Gigi Russo (BC ’22), directed by Christian Palomares (CC ’22), and produced by Mario Garcia (CC ’21) and Julia Hyman (BC ’22), the show is now available to stream on YouTube. 

Earlier today, President Bollinger announced the next phase of Columbia’s Sustainability Plan, which outlines emissions and sustainability goals for the next ten years. 

In the final SGA meeting of the semester, SGA’s Vice President for Finance, Danielle Hopkins BC ’21, presented the budget for the next academic year.

The 15th Annual Jeanne Clery Lecture Series on April 6 brought sex educators Bianca Laureano and Francisco Ramirez together for a conversation about sex, dating, and intimacy during the pandemic. 

This week, SGA heard a petition for an update to Barnard’s anti-discrimination policy, and viewed a presentation about Barnard’s finances in the past year. 

On April 1, Columbia College released the names of the 91 seniors who will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa this spring.

New SGA Bureau Chief Grace Novarr reports on this week’s happenings in your favorite student government, during which SGA met with representatives from the Center for Engaged Pedagogy.