Parul Guliani

New major to combine medicine, humanities

The major, “medicine, literature, and society,” is an interdisciplinary course of study that “examines the social and cultural dimensions of illness and health."

301 Philosophy to become exclusive space for graduate students

GSAS Dean Carlos Alonso says that Columbia is the only one of its peer institutions without a graduate center. Most others have an entire building.

CC, SEAS admit rate up to 7.4 percent

CC and SEAS admitted 7.4 percent of applicants for the class of 2016, up from 6.9 percent last year, the Division of Student Affairs announced on Thursday.

$250,000 alumni gift supports workshops for developing Global Core courses

Arnold Chavkin, Business ’77, and his wife Laura Chang, Business ’77, gave $250,000 to fund a series of workshops focused on developing new Global Core courses and improving existing ones.

Sexual violence events overlap after scheduling issues

Queer Awareness Month and Latino Heritage Month, as well as Sexual Violence Response, hosted events centered around the discussion of sexual violence in communities of color.