On August 23, President Shafik broke her silence on the June SCOTUS decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions. 

Just one week after a group of international students circulated a petition protesting the newest update to Barnard’s health insurance policy, calling it “discriminatory,” the College appears to have walked back on the change.

GS student Isaac Colyer-Pena passed away, according to an email that Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of the School of General Studies, sent to the Columbia community this morning.

Starting this fall, all Columbia students will have access to three dining locations at Teachers College.

After a dramatic drop in ranking in 2022, Columbia has announced that it will stop submitting data for its undergraduate schools to the annual report.

Juneteenth is now an official University holiday, according to an announcement from May 9.

Content warning: Mentions of violence A non-affiliated individual was injured in the lobby of Jerome Greene Hall following a physical altercation on Thursday afternoon, resulting in an ongoing NYPD investigation. This is a developing story.

Congratulations to the 58 Barnard seniors who will be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this May!

After winning its union election with a 95% “yes” vote, the Columbia University Resident Advisor Collective has officially become a legally-recognized independent union, the first RA union of its kind in the United States.

Conor Skelding, former Editor-in-Chief of The Blue and White and frequent contributor to Bwog, passed away last Friday. Content warning: Mentions of death, illness

On April 24, President Bollinger announced that he has appointed professor and researcher Daphna Shohamy as the next Director of Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.

Congratulations to the 102 Columbia seniors inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this spring!

President Bollinger announced that Columbia University Provost Mary Boyce will step down on June 30, 2023, but will remain at Columbia as a member of the Engineering faculty.

This afternoon, Columbia College and SEAS announced that their Class Day speakers will be playwright Katori Hall, CC ’03, and EpiBone CEO Nina Tandon, SEAS ’09, Columbia Business School ’12, respectively.

CC student McLeod Buckham-White passed away, according to an email that Josef Sorett, Dean of Columbia College, sent to the Columbia community this morning. Editor’s warning: Mentions of death