The DEI commission shared their report directly with SEAS students today and asked for feedback regarding its content.

President Lee Bollinger sent an email out earlier today announcing the appointment of Senior Executive Vice Dean Shih-Fu Chang as the new Interim Dean of SEAS.

Dean Boyce announced that the keynote speech at the college’s class day will be given by Rocco Commisso, SEAS ‘71, in an email sent to Columbia Engineering students on Thursday afternoon.

Congratulations, Class of 2025.

This week, ESC welcomed its new members and discussed transitions, time zones, events, and chips. Staff Writer Leora Schloss, self described “clueless CC student,” reports (and tries to understand engineers). 

Today is a momentous day! Ok, not really, but it is the last day for SEAS and Barnard students to make certain changes to their schedules. Today, March 24, is the last day SEAS students can elect to Pass/D/Fail a class and is also the SEAS R-credit deadline and class withdrawal deadline. Get on those computers and […]

Some of the best minds of the University came together for the weekly ESC meeting to discuss toilet paper. Okay, they discussed more than just that… staff writer Rachel will give you the info. Last night’s ESC meeting was concise and mainly consisted of announcements, with council members speaking on topics such as group adjudication, toilet […]

Bwog staffer Rachel Deal brings you the latest and greatest from this week’s ESC meeting so you lazybones can stay in bed. You owe her one! Last night’s ESC meeting was a long one-with new council members from the Class of 2019 and extended discussions on improving the CSA and possible changes to Bacchanal, the […]

Now that the semester is settling down, Bwog will begin regular coverage of ESC, CCSC, and SGA meetings. The new ESC Bureau Chief, Rachel Deal, covered Monday night’s meeting. Last evening, the Engineering Student Council’s first meeting of the semester took place, and President Caroline Park started the meeting off by emphasizing how excited she was to […]

This afternoon, SEAS announced that the valedictorian and salutatorian for the class of 2015 will be Nicole Lewis and Andrew Kaluzny, respectively. Lewis is a Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Computer Science while Kaluzny is majoring in Applied Mathematics and a Computer Science minor. Lewis will deliver her valedictorian speech on May 18 […]

Bwog wishes a big congratulations to the 2014 SEAS valedictorian Alden Quimby and salutatorian Halvard Lange. Alden is from Lee, New Hampshire and majored in Computer Science with a minor in economics.  As his senior project, Alden worked for the New York Department of Health and Medicine to detect food-borne illness outbreaks in NYC through […]

SEAS has just announced that Jon Oringer will give the SEAS Class Day 2014 keynote speech next month. Oringer is the creator of Shutterstock, the stock photo website that Bwog overuses, and is also an alumnus of SEAS, receiving  in 1998 his MS in Computer Science. Last year, Robert Bakish, SEAS’85 and MBA’89, CEO of Viacom Int’l Media […]

This morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed former Dean of SEAS Dr. Feniosky Peña-Mora as the new Commissioner of the Department of Design and Construction for New York City. Peña-Mora served as SEAS’s fourteenth dean from 2009 to 2012, when he abruptly resigned from office in an event we dubbed Peñamonium. For freshmen and sophomores out there, this all happened […]

It’s a busy semester for all of us, and especially the SEAS students. With the launch of Engineering Week 2014, which is coinciding with SEAS 150th anniversary, it doesn’t get more programmed than this! Sun, 2/16: Opening Ceremony Dinner Roone, 7:00 – 9:00 pm Open to: entire Columbia community Sun, 2/16: Launch Week Light Display College Walk, […]

Yesterday afternoon, SEAS students took their turn at being graduated.  It was a great afternoon, if humid, with lots of energy and excitement.  Class Prez Mary Byers stepped up to the mic to chants of “Ma-ry Ma-ry!” from her classmates.  “We’ve had our minds blown time and time again,” she said with a smile.  Engineering […]