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.

GS student Isaac Colyer-Pena passed away, according to an email that Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean of the School of General Studies, sent to the Columbia community this morning.

After a dramatic drop in ranking in 2022, Columbia has announced that it will stop submitting data for its undergraduate schools to the annual report.

Juneteenth is now an official University holiday, according to an announcement from May 9.

Content warning: Mentions of violence A non-affiliated individual was injured in the lobby of Jerome Greene Hall following a physical altercation on Thursday afternoon, resulting in an ongoing NYPD investigation. This is a developing story.

After winning its union election with a 95% “yes” vote, the Columbia University Resident Advisor Collective has officially become a legally-recognized independent union, the first RA union of its kind in the United States.

On April 24, President Bollinger announced that he has appointed professor and researcher Daphna Shohamy as the next Director of Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.

This afternoon, Columbia College and SEAS announced that their Class Day speakers will be playwright Katori Hall, CC ’03, and EpiBone CEO Nina Tandon, SEAS ’09, Columbia Business School ’12, respectively.

CC student McLeod Buckham-White passed away, according to an email that Josef Sorett, Dean of Columbia College, sent to the Columbia community this morning. Editor’s warning: Mentions of death

This morning, Chair of the Board of Trustees Cheryl Glicker Milstein ’82, P’14 announced that Laura A. Rosenbury, Dean at University of Florida Levin College of Law, will be the new President of Barnard College.

Barnard Vice Presidents Jomysha Delgado Stephen and Sarah Gillman announced this afternoon that Amy Zavadil, Associate Vice President for Community Accountability, Response, and Emergency Services (CARES), will step away from her role at Barnard on May 18.

In an email sent out this Thursday, Barnard notified the community of upcoming changes to the College’s COVID-19 policies which will eliminate surveillance testing and the vaccine mandate starting May of this year.

Columbia will become the first college in the Ivy League to go permanently test-optional for undergraduate admissions, according to an announcement made Wednesday.

The Emmy Award-winning creative will deliver the address at Barnard’s 131st commencement ceremony on May 17, 2023.