News

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.”

President Jennifer L. Mnookin delivered opening remarks at an event hosted by the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

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. 

Move-in Day at Columbia University marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter as incoming students and their families arrive on campus, ready to start their college journey. 

Jennifer L. Mnookin began her first academic year as Columbia’s president by welcoming the incoming Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, and Columbia School of General Studies classes at their respective Convocation ceremonies. 

It has been a busy summer for Columbia University’s new president, Jennifer L. Mnookin. 

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.

To mark her first day as president of Columbia University, Jennifer L. Mnookin visited the Rutherfurd Observatory and reflected on the spirit of discovery and public purpose that has been part of the institution’s story from the very beginning. 

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.