Sophie A. Bryant, Astrid M. Liden, and Ilina Logani were announced as winners of the postgraduate scholarship to study at the University of Oxford beginning in 2023.

In an email sent to the Columbia community this morning, President Bollinger announced his appointment of Felice Rosan as Columbia University’s General Counsel, following the retirement of Jane Booth, CLS ’76.

SEAS student Norris Pride passed away over the weekend, according to an email that Shih-Fu Chang, Dean of Columbia Engineering, sent to the Columbia community this morning.

General Studies student Ashley Kim has passed away, according to emails from Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch and Dean Cristen Kromm sent to the Columbia community this afternoon. 

President Bollinger has announced that Columbia University’s General Counsel, Jane Booth, will be retiring at the end of the Spring 2023 semester.

This afternoon, President Bollinger announced that Carol Becker, who has served as the Dean of the School of Arts since 2007, plans to step down at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year.

Barnard decided not to voluntarily recognize the Barnard RA Union in a meeting on Thursday, October 13, following a petition, rally, and over 800 emails of support.

On Wednesday, Barnard shared initial construction plans for the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being and the Roy and Diana Vagelos Science Center.

On Friday afternoon, members of Barnard’s newly-formed Resident Assistants Union (OPEIU Local 153) rallied outside Barnard Hall to highlight unfair working conditions and demand voluntary recognition.

On Thursday morning, Barnard College VPs Marina Catallozzi and Leslie Grinage announced that on-campus providers would be trained to provide medication abortions by Fall 2022.

In an email sent to students early this evening, Barnard announced that masking indoors will be optional, though highly recommended, starting October 10 and updates to flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster availability for students.

After months of organizing, Barnard College Resident Assistants announced today that they have filed for union recognition with OPEIU Local 153, and demanded voluntary recognition from President Beilock.

Starting October 3, all testing will now be done through Color, a new platform that will allow for self-facilitated testing and greater flexibility.

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

Dean Kromm announced the death of recent Columbia graduate, Jane Watson, CC ’22, in an email today. Editor’s warning: mentions of death.