Columbia University says it “embraces generative AI tools” in its official AI policy, as the University quietly rolls out enterprise‑grade AI platforms, from CHAT to Claude for Education. Meanwhile, students and faculty rarely see the contracts or procurement decisions behind these integrations. AI at Columbia is moving into vital online infrastructure, degrees, and administrative workflows, […]

For many Columbia students and faculty, the Board of Trustees feels like a group that makes the biggest decisions about campus without often being seen. That disconnect has become harder to ignore amid leadership turnover, discipline controversies, and growing frustration over who actually runs the university.

President Bollinger sent an email to students this afternoon announcing that Senior Executive Vice President Robert Kasdin will be leaving Columbia at the end of June. Kasdin will become the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Both former Dean Terry Martinez and Dean Kevin Shollenberger left Columbia in the past years […]

New semester, new administrator to celebrate and eventually nickname! As our dear Lee Bollinger informed us today, David Madigan is officially the Executive Vice President and Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In the great tradition of many Columbia admins before him, he’s moved to permanence after having been the interim dean since March. […]

In an email early this summer, Interim Dean of Student Affairs Terry Martinez announced some administrative reshuffling: Student Development and Activities and the Office of Civic Action and Engagement would be merged into a new office, called the Office of Student Engagement. That’ll  be under Associate Dean of Student Affairs Todd Smith-Bergollo. Also included in the email […]

Bwog happened upon a freshman living in an upperclassman dorm who doesn’t have a meal plan and wasn’t pre-registered for Core classes—what’s going on here? That’s what we were wondering, too. Chief Freshperson Scrutineer Alexandra Avvocato investigates. Bwog: So I hear rumors that you’re currently living in Broadway. How exactly did that happen? Forgotten Freshman: […]