Last Thursday, Staff Writer Amélie Acevedo attended a virtual seminar on aging, aimed at discussing recent trends in mortality rates in the US and UK over the past decade. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the once-assumed continuous progress in life expectancy feels increasingly uncertain.

A daily fee for tourism in Venice, updated COVID-19 vaccines, and more in today’s Bwoglines!

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.

In an email sent out Thursday morning, Columbia notified the community of a future shift in University COVID-19 policy which will end the vaccine mandate and no longer require affiliates to report positive test results to the University.

Free condoms in France, plus an update on the “tridemic” in today’s Bwoglines.

A protest and memorial was held Monday evening on Low Steps against China’s Zero-COVID restrictions.

In this terrible time of 30 degree weather, look forward to summer! Editor’s warning: mentions of gun violence

Columbia Professor Claudia Dreifus hosted a talk by science journalist Laura Helmuth on journalism before, during, and after the pandemic.

Updates on the fight against COVID-19 and monkeypox provide hope for the future.

What ResLife doesn’t know won’t hurt them.

In an email today, Columbia College released new guidance for COVID-19 protocols, most notably the end of mandatory classroom masking starting October 1.

After weeks of pushback from students, including a petition with over 2,700 signatures, Barnard has updated its guest policy to allow overnight guests in all residence halls.

In an email sent to students this morning, Barnard’s Public Health Response Team informed students about a change to the college’s COVID-19 testing model for the Fall semester.

Columbia University released updated plans for COVID-19 safety protocols this afternoon, including classroom masking through September.

The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free, a book newly published by Columbia Global Reports, sparked an invigorating conversation.