Students at Columbia University are using AI to make their workflow more efficient, and their professors are both denouncing and encouraging it.

Staff writer Amy Meng attended a talk featuring science-fiction writer Ted Chiang hosted by the Asian American Initiative, in which he discussed the ethicality, legality, and philosophy behind AI-generated content in the artistic world. Here are some of her takeaways. 

Celebrating their 20-year anniversary as a dance team at Columbia, Onyx created a space where the audience could watch colorful and fun performances while also learning about and celebrating the Black foundation of hip-hop.

Plans to open an AI high school next year in FiDi have stopped.

Women’s golf wins the Ivy championship, and the baseball and softball teams prepare for the playoffs

Yale’s faculty committee admits schools like ours fueled public distrust in higher ed through endless tuition hikes, free speech fumbles, and more. Amid Columbia’s scandals, is this the self-reflection we need?

Trademark that voice girl!

Welcome back to Columbia and to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. We have a bounty of wonderful STEM events this week. Get out to destress from finals and learn something new. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

Take a walk and explore new foods! 

Bwog wishes they were pitching for the New York Mets like Geese bassist Dominic DiGesu …

The new exhibition at MoMA (~ 8.22.2026) explores the world of Marcel Duchamp, the consummate iconoclast of 20th-century modern art.

The rat and cat continue to grow and learn as life changes.

Elizabeth, Queen of England and fashion icon.

Bwog Internal Editor Manaia Taula-Lieras attends the 2026 Ivy Native Conference (INC), entitled “Plants and Our People: Rooted in Indigenous Community.”