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Not quite a century ago, during World War II, members of our academic community joined together to form the Committee for War Relief, which supported the war effort through organizations such as the United War Fund and the American Red Cross.
Peter Awn, Dean of the School of General Studies for the past 20 years, has informed me that he will be stepping down as Dean at the end of this academic year.
It is with pride and appreciation that Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian announce that our shared medical campus in Washington Heights is being named in honor of Herbert and Florence Irving and will now be called Columbia University Herbert and Florence Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
President Bollinger argues that universities should not censor offensive speech on their campuses but instead engage in difficult conversations and challenge with which we disagree.
With the beginning of the academic year and our renewed commitment to intellectual discovery, we should also be mindful of the importance of addressing Columbia’s role in the broader world.
Jeanette Takamura, Dean of the School of Social Work, has informed me that she will be stepping down from her position on December 31, 2016, after successfully leading the School for 15 years.
Freedom of expression historically has been regarded as a domestic concern. But modern communication technologies and the unprecedented forces of globalization are blurring the distinction between what is national and what is international, creating an interconnected world that is not bound by traditional borders.
The op-ed column celebrated the Supreme Court's decision on Fisher v. University of Texas, which preserved the use of race in college admissions policies, but argued that universities must help society better understand the painful and still-unresolved historical context within which the need for affirmative action exists.
On a Commencement day when we come together to celebrate a new generation that becomes part of Columbia’s great intellectual tradition, I am sad to report that our university community has lost one of the towering exemplars of that tradition, former Provost and longtime history professor Fritz Stern ’46CC, ’53GSAS.
Bollinger and Knight Foundation President Ibargüen announce their joint venture, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Though litigation, scholarship, and education, this new organization will be dedicated to advocating the principles embedded in the First Amendment. A $50 million endowment and support for annual operating funds from Knight and Columbia will sustain its independence.
I am writing to announce my appointment of Gerald Rosberg as Senior Executive Vice President, as of July 1, 2016.
On this day in 1896, Columbia faculty, students, and alumni gathered on what is now College Walk to dedicate a Morningside Heights campus that was still under construction, marking the start of a momentous chapter in Columbia's long history.
As you know, last Thursday evening, April 14, I offered to move up my meeting with Columbia Divest for Climate Justice (CDCJ) then scheduled for April 29.
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.