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Days before his arrest, Jeffrey Epstein sent himself a list of figures spanning politics, celebrity, finance, and, seemingly out-of-place, academia. How did these academics—including Columbia’s own Richard Axel and Brian Greene—become integrated into Epstein’s network, and what motivated his interest in these elite academic circles? Through an examination of Epstein’s personal correspondences and related news […]

What happened at Columbia over the past year was not an isolated episode. It was a window into an ongoing reality that is invisible to most.

Students at Columbia University are using AI to make their workflow more efficient, and their professors are both denouncing and encouraging it.

Yale’s faculty committee admits schools like ours fueled public distrust in higher ed through endless tuition hikes, free speech fumbles, and more. Amid Columbia’s scandals, is this the self-reflection we need?

On Wednesday, April 15 2026, Barnard’s decision to eliminate the position of John Wright, and the Slavic department at large, became public. Meet the three students behind the fight to keep him here.

On Friday, March 13, Editor-in-Chief Eve Bertrand and News Editor Eira Prakash participated in a roundtable discussion with President Laura Rosenbury and senior Barnard Administrators to speak about a variety of topics pertaining to Barnard’s campus. 

On September 24, environmental advocate Christopher Swain stood outside the United Nations headquarters and proposed a Constitutional Amendment to “protect the rights of nature and future generations.”

Alvarez shared his story with Bwog, discussing his journey, aspirations, and the support that helped him get here.

Researchers and research centers across Columbia have had to navigate unprecedented funding cuts in recent weeks and create contingency plans for long-term projects. One member of the CIESIN research team shares their story.

Beginning in Fall 2025, the Columbia Climate School, in collaboration with Columbia Business School, will launch the nation’s first Master’s in Climate Finance program. The degree will explore how financial tools can be leveraged to develop innovative solutions for mitigating the effects of climate change.

In February, CU Student Union launched its first mass meeting as a coalition of students seeking to represent student interests to administration.

Now in the second half of the fall semester, the new security measures from the start of the year haven’t gone anywhere. Students report feeling isolated and exhausted by the feeling of added surveillance on campus after the Spring 2024 protests. 

Celebrating and honoring the accomplishments of Erika Avallone (BC ‘26) and Valerie Hsieh (GSAS ‘25) for completing the 2024 NYC Marathon!

For more than two years, the student-led Reproductive Justice Collective (RJC) has been urging Barnard and Columbia to provide medication abortion on campus. Abortion is still not available at Barnard except through referrals after the college first promised it on campus in 2022. In the meantime, students from RJC have taken it upon themselves to […]