Interviews and Conversations
Columbia Magazine, April 17, 2023
The outgoing president discusses affirmative action, free speech on campus, and his hopes for the University’s future.
Time, April 11, 2023
“You cannot assume that the world will get better and better. It requires constant effort to make the case.” President Bollinger speaks with Mitra Kalita about the future of affirmative action in higher education.
The New Yorker, March 17, 2023
David Remnick talks with two academics who have had a front-row seat to this decades-long legal campaign: Lee Bollinger, the defendant in an earlier case, and Ruth Simmons, the first Black president of an Ivy League school.
Columbia Daily Spectator, February 28, 2023
The book comes as the Supreme Court prepares to issue rulings on the Harvard College and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill cases by June.
Uncommon Law, Bloomberg Law, December 22, 2022
UnCommon Law podcast series with Matthew Schwartz looks at Supreme Court arguments in Harvard and UNC cases. Both sides of affirmative action debate question diversity rationale.
Columbia News, October 31, 2022.
As a key player in the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger landmark decision, Columbia's president comments on what is at stake in these latest cases.
Amanpour & Co., November 4, 2022
President Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone talk about affirmative action and their upcoming book with PBS's Michelle Martin.
ABA Journal. June 1, 2022.
President Bollinger and Professor Geoffrey Stone answer questions about their new book, Social Media, Freedom of Speech and the Future of our Democracy.
Floyd Abrams Speaking Freely, June 23, 2022
Floyd Abrams and Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University, speak freely about affirmative action and free speech on college campuses.
Stay Tuned with Preet, February 17, 2022
Preet speaks with Columbia University President Lee Bollinger about the state of free speech on college campuses, and whether society places too much value in a college degree.
Stay Tuned with Preet, February 10, 2022
As the Court weighs banning the consideration of race in college admissions, Bollinger discusses the fragile future of affirmative action.
ABA Journal: Modern Law Library, July 7, 2021
First Amendment scholars Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone discuss their book "National Security, Leaks and Freedom of the Press: The Pentagon Papers Fifty Years On."
Politico, June 25, 2021
Why doesn’t anyone know what a voting machine costs?
The New York Times, June 9, 2021
The Pentagon Papers decision, hailed as a flat-out free-speech victory, in reality had a more complicated effect.
Columbia Magazine, Spring/Summer 2021
In 1971, the US government sued to stop the New York Times from publishing classified documents, sparking a momentous Supreme Court battle. Fifty years later, alumni and faculty tell us why this case matters more than ever.
April 20, 2021
President Bollinger and Professor Geoffrey Stone spoke about their new book, National Security, Leaks and Freedom of the Press on a LawFare Podcast with host Jack Goldsmith.
April 12, 2021
President Bollinger participated in an event at the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution in which American policymakers and education administrators offered perspectives on the current state of U.S.-China educational exchanges and the future direction of such programs.
New Thinking for a New World podcast series, March 18, 2021
“The question now is do we believe that completely unregulated speech on the social media platforms and the internet will, the way that it’s structured, really result in a good outcome because good speech can counter bad speech?" President Bollinger talks to Alan Stoga of the Tällberg Foundation.
December 2, 2020
Bollinger and Mitsotakis discussed "The Greek Transformation: Overcoming a Financial Crisis, Populism, and COVID" in this World Leaders Forum event.
October 23, 2020
President Bollinger moderated an online panel with Kimberlé Crenshaw, Eric Foner, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Washington Post Live, October 7, 2020
President Bollinger was interviewed by journalist Frances Stead Sellers on the past, present, and future of free speech in the United States.
All Things Considered, July 9, 2020
President Bollinger talks to NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his opposition to new regulations for international students released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
