This afternoon, students from the CC and SEAS Class of 2025 were contacted by the Dean of Undergraduate Student Life and the Associate Dean of Multicultural Affairs in response to anti-Black comments made in a GroupMe chat. 

Asymptomatic Barnard students will now get tested at the LeFrak Center, according to an email sent out earlier today. 

Provost Boyce addresses a main demand of the SWC—neutral arbitration—outlines student worker strike attestation requests, and discusses mediation in an email to students sent earlier this evening.

President Lee Bollinger announced the appointment of Professor Weiping Wu as the new Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture and Mario Gooden as the new Interim Director of the Master of Architecture program in an email sent earlier today.

Students were evacuated from the three buildings in response to the threat.

The new offer includes multiple concessions to the SWC-UAW’s demands while falling short on others.

It all started with an art project. Now, Gianna Deveney (BC ‘25), is banned from college housing, putting the rest of her academic career at the institution in jeopardy.

On Wednesday, October 27, a walkout organized by the Student Workers of Columbia in anticipation of their November 3 strike deadline culminated in protestors entering President Bollinger’s “Freedom of Speech and Press” class, forcing its cancellation.

Columbia announced it would end capacity restrictions on indoor gatherings beginning November 1, according to an email sent out to students on Wednesday afternoon.

A small trash can fire broke out in River Hall, causing water damage to students’ property.  

Barnard first-years recount their first-hand experiences with the Barnard Quad fire and the resulting fallout.

A reported mattress fire in Barnard’s Brooks Hall led to evacuation of the Quad dorm building earlier tonight.

In emails sent out to students earlier today, Barnard and Columbia shared decisions to resume indoor seating at dining locations across their respective campuses.

President Lee Bollinger announced the appointment of Professor Thomas Christensen as the new Interim Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs in an email earlier today.

The new policy, which takes effect tomorrow evening, rolls back some restrictions implemented on September 17 and puts Columbia’s and Barnard’s guest policies in close alignment.