Columbia’s YDSA held a rally and press conference supporting their tuition strike on January 17. 

Columbia University’s longtime legal advocate for LGBTQ rights and racial equity steps down from her role as Executive Vice President for University Life to join the Biden-Harris Presidential team.

Marcelo Velez, Vice President of the Manhattanville expansion project, was arrested on January 4 in Bergen County for alleged sexual assault of a minor.

Columbia-Barnard YDSA is organizing a strike, demanding higher financial aid and lower tuition.

This morning, Barnard announced the list of Phi Beta Kappa Barnard inductees for Fall 2020. They will be officially inducted into the academic honor society alongside Spring 2021 inductees sometime this spring. Congrats to them all!

Columbia Health emailed tonight that a limited number of students will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021.

Congratulations, Class of 2025.

Welcome to Barnard College, Class of 2025!

Barnard will welcome 30% of the student body to live on campus, and in-person classes will become available alongside continued remote instruction.

President Beilock announces the CARES structure as part of changes to campus safety and wellbeing.

Six weeks ago, fellow students informed Bwog of an incident near Low Library, in which NYPD officers arrested a man on the Columbia campus. Bwog’s delay in publishing this story was on account of waiting for information from the NYPD and Public Safety—the latter of whom sent Bwog a statement this past week.

Dean Mary Boyce will assume the position of Provost next year.

Columbia releases more details about course modalities and registration for Spring 2021.

President Lee Bollinger announced preliminary plans for Columbia University’s Spring semester today. Classes will remain largely virtual or hybrid, and only CC and SEAS seniors will be guaranteed on-campus housing.

Earlier today, the Ivy League Council announced that it is canceling all competition for the 2020-21 winter athletic season. Practices will continue to be allowed, provided that they are in compliance with federal, state, local, and institutional COVID-19 policies.