Announcements
I write to you at a challenging moment for our community.
Columbia’s mission is to teach, create, and advance knowledge. For over 270 years, that mission has been grounded in an enduring and essential commitment to freedom of expression, open inquiry, and generous, respectful debate.
Tomorrow, across all three of our northern Manhattan campuses, we will be hosting an AI Summit.
With our spring semester underway, educating our students and supporting them at every level of academic progress, from first-year undergraduates to post-doctoral fellows, has again taken center stage at Columbia.
In September, I announced the creation of a President’s Advisory Committee on Institutional Voice to provide me with a set of recommendations on the proper role of institutional voice in advancing Columbia’s academic mission and its commitment to open inquiry and free expression.
In response to the recent memo from the Office of Management and Budget pausing federal funding, I want to take a moment to reiterate our unwavering commitment to the core mission and principles that define us.
For those who have returned to Morningside this week, you have seen that our CUID requirement for access to the Morningside campus is still in place.
Today a History of Modern Israel class was disrupted by protesters who handed out fliers.
I want to wish each of you a very Happy New Year and a warm welcome to our upcoming Spring semester.
Building on my recent communications, I am writing today to update you on our progress on two of the other priorities I set out for the semester—addressing discrimination and harassment and managing protests and other disruptions.