Announcements

I am committed to a successful search that will identify an outstanding leader for CUIMC and will position us to reach even greater heights. 

A new series will celebrate the scholarship, research, teaching, public impact, and service that define Columbia University.

What an honor and a joy it is to share with you the tremendous and wonderful news that Michael Woodford has won this year’s Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”

On this first day of classes, I am delighted to welcome all of you to a new academic year.

I want to share with you some updates regarding access to our Morningside campus, an issue I know is of great importance to our entire Columbia community. 

I write today to announce the membership of the search committee for the next dean of the Columbia School of Social Work.

Today, I’m pleased to share with you the membership of the task force and more information about the vital work it will undertake in the months ahead.

I am delighted to announce my appointment of Michael Andreasen to serve as Columbia University’s executive vice president for university development and alumni relations, effective September 15, 2026.

I am pleased to share with you that Julien Teitler, the D’Elbert and Selma Keenan Professor at the Columbia School of Social Work (CSSW), has agreed to serve as interim dean of CSSW, effective September 1.

Today, Columbia University submitted its comments to the federal Office of Management and Budget as part of a rulemaking process that proposes changes to the basic framework through which federal agencies award, manage, and terminate federal grants.

Today I am delighted to officially join Columbia University as your 21st president.

I am immensely proud of and thankful for what we have done together, and I feel great confidence in Columbia’s next chapter.