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I am pleased to announce my appointments of Ruth DeFries and Jeffrey Sachs as our newest University Professors, the highest rank Columbia bestows on its faculty. 

President Bollinger argues that higher education's pursuit of diversity would benefit from a greater collective awareness of the relationship between today’s concerns and historic events (slavery, segregation, the Civil Rights Movement) that shed light the complexity of race in America.

I am very sorry to report that, earlier today, three members of the Columbia community died in a bus accident in Honduras.

This article previews the second Supreme Court hearing on Fisher v. University of Texas and argues for the preservation of affirmative action policies in higher education. Without them, the gains we have made toward racial equality will be reversed. 

We join in mourning the innocent lives lost and in decrying the violent attacks in Paris, as well as in other cities in recent weeks, just as the world mourned and stood together with New Yorkers after 9/11. 

I am pleased to announce that the School of Continuing Education has been renamed the School of Professional Studies.  

I write to you today about a national survey conducted last spring at 27 member institutions of the Association of American Universities (AAU), including Columbia.

I am writing to share with you changes in personnel as part of a reorganization of the University’s executive management team.  

I am writing to share with you changes in personnel as part of a reorganization of the University’s executive management team.  

I am writing to provide an update on the progress of two pending proposals regarding Columbia University’s investments: divestment from companies engaged in the operation of private prisons and divestment from fossil fuels.

I am writing to provide an update on the progress of two pending proposals regarding Columbia University’s investments: divestment from companies engaged in the operation of private prisons and divestment from fossil fuels.

I write to tell you that our Senior Executive Vice President, Robert Kasdin, will be leaving Columbia at the end of June to become the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. 

I am pleased to announce my appointment of Ann D. Thornton as University Librarian and Vice Provost.  

Three years ago this month, we announced an investment of $30 million dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our faculty.

Three years ago this month, we announced an investment of $30 million dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our faculty.