After months of bargaining sessions with the University, the union for postdoctoral and associate researchers says it plans to strike on November 1 if its demands are not met by then. 

The union hopes to settle a contract with the college that provides equitable compensation for all RAs, particularly those who receive financial aid.

Six days after Columbia’s campus closed to the public as countering Call to Action for Palestine and Students Supporting Israel protests mounted on Butler Lawn, University President Minouche Shafik has released a statement on “upholding [University] values.” 

After several days of rising tensions, Thursday October 12 saw Columbia’s campus closed to visitors and guarded by NYPD as the Call to Action for Palestine protest and a simultaneous protest by Students Supporting Israel (SSI) mounted on Butler Lawns.

Campus organization Students Supporting Israel (SSI) held a large gathering on Tuesday as a response to the recent actions by militant group Hamas in Israel.  Content warning: Mentions of violence and death.  Editor’s note: This article is composed of individual statements from attendees of the Tuesday gathering; these statements do not reflect the united views […]

CC sophomore Giovanna Canonici has passed away, according to an email from Dean Josef Sorett.  Content warning: Mentions of death 

Editor’s warning: Mentions of sexual assault  In July, former Columbia OB-GYN Robert Hadden was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on four counts after hundreds of former patients came forward with accounts of sexual abuse at his hands. On Wednesday, protestors demanded that Columbia take responsibility for its failure to cooperate with investigators in […]

Samuel Terblanche, a CC junior majoring in Sustainable Development with a concentration in Economics, passed away after a recent illness.

Ella Mills, a GS third-year who came to Columbia from Trinity College Dublin, has passed away, according to an email from Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch.

In a new email, Columbia College Dean Josef Sorett and Dean of Academic Affairs Lisa Hollibaugh announced that Columbia College and General Studies will introduce minors and phase out concentrations. The change will go into effect in Fall 2024. 

Bell will end her tenure as both Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Barnard in 2024, but will remain a part of the College’s faculty as a researcher and will resume teaching after a sabbatical.

1020, the popular bar on Amsterdam Avenue and 110th St with past allegations of sexual harassment and passivity towards underage drinking, has been repossessed. The bar’s co-owner Michael McKiernan was allegedly arrested for unrelated reasons. Editor’s warning: Article includes mentions of sexual harassment, racism. 

A new Columbia Dining food truck will open in Wien Courtyard on September 5. 

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.