Report: Task Force on the Relationship of the Arts & Sciences and the College

President Lee C. Bollinger formed the Task Force on the Relationship of the Arts and Sciences and the College in September 2021, the membership of which is listed below. The Report of the Task Force offers recommendations designed to encourage further discussion between Arts and Sciences and the College, to bring the faculty and the alumni closer together and facilitate opportunities for them to work together, to let everyone committed to the success of the institution see the whole in a clearer manner, and to ensure unmatched excellence in terms of the student experience.

Task Force on the Relationship of the Arts & Sciences and the College

  • Lee C. Bollinger (Chair), President and Seth Low Professor of the University, Columbia University 
  • Sian Beilock, President, Barnard College 
  • Mary C. Boyce, Provost and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University 
  • Michael Cole, Howard McP. Davis Professor of Art History, Columbia University 
  • Thomas Cornacchia, Member, Columbia College Board of Visitors; former Co-Head of Global FICC Sales, Goldman Sachs 
  • Ruben Gonzalez, Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University 
  • Robert Gooding-Williams, M. Moran Weston/Black Alumni Council Professor of African-American Studies; Professor of Philosophy and of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University 
  • Wanda Holland Greene, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Columbia University; Head of School, The Hamlin School 
  • Jean Howard, George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University 
  • Kellie Jones, Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies; Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art, Columbia University 
  • Brian Krisberg, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP 
  • Eugenia Lean, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University 
  • Costis Maglaras, Dean, Columbia Business School; David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business, Columbia University 
  • Susan Pedersen, Gouverneur Morris Professor of History, Columbia University 
  • Molly Przeworski, Professor of Biological Sciences and of Systems Biology, Columbia University 
  • Claire Shipman, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Columbia University; Journalist and Author 
  • Josef Sorett, Chair, Department of Religion; Professor of Religion and of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University 
  • Brent Stockwell, Professor of Biological Sciences and of Chemistry, Columbia University 
  • Miguel Urquiola, Chair, Department of Economics; Professor of Economics and International Public Affairs, Columbia University 
  • Andreas Wimmer, Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy, Columbia University 
  • Kathryn Yatrakis, Faculty Advisor, Columbia University
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