Sarah Darville

From the Editors

With the new year come new challenges, and with them, new approaches to coverage.

Lenfest donates $30M for M'ville arts building

Columbia announced its largest gift ever for the arts—$30 million from Trustee Gerry Lenfest—at the Hamilton Dinner Thursday night. The funds will support the School of the Arts building in Manhattanville.

Jackson calls for transparency, Rangel speaks out on WHDC

Following increasing public scrutiny of the West Harlem Development Corporation, Congressman Charles Rangel told Spectator that an investigation by the State Attorney General doesn't raise red flags.

Plans for engineering in M'ville emerge

The University is looking for millions to kickstart a multidisciplinary center for engineering and data science in Manhattanville.

Odessky elected 2015 class prez; Mandelbaum wins 2013 race

The Crown Party swept the top of the ticket in the Class of 2015 CCSC elections.

Brief: Three World Leaders Forum speeches announced

The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, the president of Ecuador, and the president of the Islamic Development Bank Group are the Forum's first three speakers to be announced.

Consultants' budget, structure recommendations at core of Moody-Adams' resignation

The administration's desire for greater integration of Columbia College into the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to cut costs was a factor in College Dean Michele Moody-Adams' sudden resignation.

Dean Moody-Adams steps down

In an email sent to alumni, Moody-Adams said that she would not continue in a role that required changes that would "compromise the College's academic quality."

New development corporation to dole out community benefits funds

“The board was unwieldy,” LDC and CB9 member Vicky Gholson said. “Just in terms of numbers, there were just too many people to be able to facilitate decision-making, or more basic than that, to facilitate having all of the people in the same room.”

Columbia College admit rate drops to 6.4 percent

CC and SEAS combined admitted a record-low 6.9 percent of applicants for the class of 2015, officials announced Wednesday.