Speeches Archive

2020 Convocation Address
August 30, 2020

"The Future of the University"
October 15, 2019

President Bollinger's 2019 Convocation Address
August 25, 2019

Remarks Delivered at the Memorial Service for Peter Awn
May 14, 2019

Remarks at the Launch of the Institute for Ideas and Imagination
November 12, 2018

The Tanner Lectures
November 5-6, 2018

Remarks as Madeleine Albright Commemorates Václav Havel
September 27, 2018

Remarks at the Opening of the Forum
September 26, 2018

Inauguration of Barnard College President Sian Beilock
February 19, 2018

2018 Convocation Address
August 26, 2018

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Lunch
May 30, 2018

Introduction of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
February 11, 2018

2017 Convocation Address
August 27, 2017

Foreign Policy Association Inaugural Centennial Lecture
June 27, 2017

Remarks at the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Lunch
May 22, 2017

Manhattanville Campus Dedication Ceremony
October 24, 2016

Remarks at the Memorial for Fritz Stern
September 30, 2016

2016 Convocation Address
August 29, 2016

Keynote Address at the University of Rochester Diversity Conference
March 28, 2014

Journalism After Snowden Introductory Remarks
January 30, 2014 

Introduction of Bill De Blasio (SIPA'87) at NYC Summit on Children
November 25, 2013

Learned Hand Lecture on Pentagon Papers in Honor of Judge Wilfred Feinberg
June 22, 2011

Ceremonial Remarks at the Signing of Naval ROTC Agreement
May 26, 2011

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Induction Symposium
October 10, 2010

Baum Lecture, University of Illinois
September 14, 2010

Introductory Remarks at World Leaders Forum with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France
March 29, 2010

2009 Convocation Address
August 31, 2009

Introductory Remarks at Presidential Inauguration Viewing on Low Plaza
January 20, 2009

Remarks at The Politics of Food: A Conference on New York's Next Policy Challenge
November 19, 2008

Remarks at ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum 
September 11, 2008

Introduction of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran
September 24, 2007

2006 Columbia College and SEAS Convocation Address
August 28, 2006

Cardozo Lecture on Academic Freedom
March 23, 2005

2004 Columbia College and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Convocation
August 30, 2004

Educational Equity and Quality: Brown and Rodriguez and Their Aftermath
November 3, 2003

2003 Columbia College and SEAS Convocation Address
August 25, 2003

Speech on Affirmative Action to the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
CSPAN, January 29, 2003

Seven Myths about Affirmative Action
Fall 2002

Lee C. Bollinger's Inaugural Address
October 3, 2002