Provost Boyce announced via email today that the start of the Spring 2022 semester will be virtual amid COVID-19 developments. 

Earlier today, Barnard College released the list of Phi Beta Kappa inductees for Fall 2021. They will be officially inducted into the academic honor society alongside future Spring 2022 inductees. Congratulations to all!

In light of the Omicron variant and an uptick in COVID-19 case numbers, Columbia is implementing new restrictions on dining and social gatherings for all community members.

Twenty-four Columbia College seniors were chosen for Phi Beta Kappa initiation, one of the oldest, most selective academic honor societies.   

Earlier today, President Bollinger announced via email that Rui Costa, Director and CEO of the Zuckerman Institute, will be stepping down on June 30, 2022.

As the Omicron variant spreads and COVID-19 cases rise, the University is now going to require a COVID-19 booster shot, as well as require masks to be worn indoors through mid-March 2022.

On the first day of finals week, following an increase in COVID-19 positivity rates and Barnard’s return to grab-and-go dining, CC and SEAS have strongly recommended that professors move all finals to an online format. Senior Staff Writer Grace Fitzgerald-Diaz and Staff Writer Victoria Melkonyan contributed to this report.

Starting next semester, Barnard will require all eligible students, faculty, and staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster. Additionally, beginning tomorrow, all Barnard dining halls will move to grab-and-go service entirely.

Due to the interruption of Core classes by the SWC-UAW strike, Literature Humanities sections will now require additional instruction and coursework, to be completed by January 31, 2022.

Barnard’s Class of 2026 early applicant decisions hit inboxes around the same time as those of early applicants to the Class of 2026 at CC and SEAS.

Applicants were informed of their decision status around the same time as prospective members of Barnard ’26.

President Lee Bollinger announced the appointment of Dr. Katrina Armstrong as the new Chief Executive Officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences, and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine in an email sent earlier today.

Columbia’s new proposal, while showing movement towards SWC’s desires on many key issues, still does not meet the majority of the Union’s demands.

In emails sent out to students on Friday evening, the deans of CC, GS, SEAS, and Barnard outlined possible next steps for students in classes affected by the strike to receive credit for the Fall 2021 semester.

Robert Jervis, Harriman Institute faculty and Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics at SIPA, died at his home on December 9.