With 444 students donning blue caps and gowns, the General Studies Class Day ceremony Monday morning celebrated the largest graduating class in GS history.
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By Abby Abrams
May 20, 1:50 AM
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Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist and 2011 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, told Barnard graduates to stand up for themselves and be proud of what they can do to help the world.
By Abby Abrams
May 21, 5:16 PM
With the sun beating down on South Lawn, Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, CC ’60, told Columbia College graduates on Tuesday to use their educations to make a difference in the world.
By Lillian Chen
May 21, 1:20 AM
Robert Bakish, the chief executive officer of Viacom International Media, started his keynote address at the School of Engineering and Applied Science Class Day ceremony by asking graduates to complete a vocal exercise.
May 13, 12:00 AM
A year that saw widespread debate over academic integrity and a proposed honor code was capped off by a high-profile cheating scandal at Barnard and the distribution of revealing information before Friday’s Literature Humanities final.
Student Life
By Abby Abrams
May 21, 5:16 PM
With the sun beating down on South Lawn, Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, CC ’60, told Columbia College graduates on Tuesday to use their educations to make a difference in the world.
By Lillian Chen
May 21, 1:20 AM
Robert Bakish, the chief executive officer of Viacom International Media, started his keynote address at the School of Engineering and Applied Science Class Day ceremony by asking graduates to complete a vocal exercise.
By Tracey Wang
May 20, 9:36 PM
With 444 students donning blue caps and gowns, the General Studies Class Day ceremony Monday morning celebrated the largest graduating class in GS history.
By Abby Abrams
May 20, 1:50 AM
Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist and 2011 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, told Barnard graduates to stand up for themselves and be proud of what they can do to help the world.
Morningside Heights
April 30, 6:59 PM
CrackDel reopened Monday after being temporarily shut down for allegedly selling alcohol to minors.
April 23, 12:19 AM
Potholes, fissures, and breaks along a Hudson River path may finally get fixed in the coming months, but not before hundreds of people descend upon the narrow walkway in an annual walk around Manhattan in two weeks.
April 22, 2:45 AM
Almost 70 people from companies and organizations around the city ditched their desks and computers to wield shovels and pitchforks in Morningside and St. Nicholas parks as part of the New York Cares volunteer group annual parks cleanup day.
April 22, 1:16 AM
Beneath scaffolding and construction equipment, more than 300 cyclists from around the city lined up to have their bikes blessed in the 15th Annual Blessing of the Bikes at St. John the Divine.
Administration
May 13, 12:00 AM
Columbia’s administration saw significant turnover this year, with several deans leaving for positions at other universities and a new dean appointed to lead the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
May 10, 10:13 PM
The vote came after TC's Faculty Executive Committee discovered that top administrators gave themselves bonuses from the college's 2011-12 budget surplus.
By Abby Abrams
May 6, 3:35 AM
As she prepares to take over as interim dean of Student Affairs, Terry Martinez is planning a hazing education task force.
May 6, 2:57 AM
On Friday, University President Lee Bollinger sat down with Spectator to discuss recent deanship appointments, Manhattanville, faculty housing, and more.
West Harlem
By Casey Tolan
May 13, 12:00 AM
As construction progressed on the Manhattanville campus expansion this year, the West Harlem community finally saw the first of the benefits promised by Columbia. But new questions emerged about the University’s record on minority hiring.
May 6, 3:00 AM
Students from Hugo Newman College Preparatory School have found success at national chess tournaments, and parents have started a flea market to help fund the school's chess team.
May 6, 3:44 AM
Residents of 123rd Street are up in arms over stalled construction on a development site funded by the Abyssinian Development Corporation.
By Emma Cheng
May 3, 3:16 AM
The Harlem Garage, at Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 118th Street, will rent out 6,000 square feet of office space to businesses in the neighborhood when it opens in July, providing space for about 150 workers.
Academics
May 13, 12:00 AM
A year that saw widespread debate over academic integrity and a proposed honor code was capped off by a high-profile cheating scandal at Barnard and the distribution of revealing information before Friday’s Literature Humanities final.
By Casey Tolan
May 10, 4:01 PM
Information about the identification section on the Literature Humanities final was leaked and widely distributed among students before the exam this afternoon by professor Ivan Lupic, multiple students have confirmed.
May 9, 12:28 AM
Major English Texts II, a literature class with 123 students taught by Margaret Ellsberg, is currently under review after allegations that numerous students cheating on pop quizzes. (Updated, 5/9, 9:52 p.m.)
May 6, 3:29 AM
What does it take to be named the world’s smartest person? Three Graduate School of Arts and Sciences students will find out this summer in a programming contest known as the Battle of the Brains.
Upper West Side
May 13, 12:00 AM
The New York City Housing Authority’s plan to build private market-rate housing in an Upper West Side affordable housing complex has sparked widespread opposition among residents and local politicians over the last few months.
May 12, 4:03 PM
Since she started volunteering with the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance campaign when it launched in 2007, Lisa Sladkus has become the face of the pro-bike and pro-pedestrian movement in the neighborhood.
By Eva Kalikoff
May 1, 3:03 AM
Enoch, a candidate for City Council in District 7 and current member of Community Board 11, has lived much of his life straddling two worlds: a wealthier, predominantly white one and a lower-income community largely made up of people of color.
By Eva Kalikoff
May 1, 2:56 AM
Public housing advocates are criticizing City Council candidate Marc Landis for his professional ties to real estate developer Tahl Propp Equities, a company that critics say works against the cause of increasing and improving low-income housing.
Uptown
March 8, 4:46 AM
The project will preserve, renovate, and reinforce parts of the station, especially the brick arch and a bridge connecting the uptown and downtown tracks. The station complex, which is known for being poorly ventilated, dirty, and difficult to navigate, will also be cleaned up.
By Casey Tolan
October 24, 4:25 AM
The majority of the resolution was approved without controversy, but the local community board successfully petitioned against upzoning, or loosening the height restrictions on buildings, one block of 145th Street.
By Gina Lee
October 5, 5:32 AM
From politicians to elementary school students, a boisterous and fed-up crowd testified at a hearing Thursday that the proposed new City Council districts would tear apart the fabric of their neighborhoods.
September 20, 3:10 AM
Jackson and local activists have expressed concern that the new district lines could shift influence away from northern Manhattan.
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GS and SEAS class day ceremonies today
May 20, 8:54amThe graduation festivities continue today with class day ceremonies for the School of General Studies at 9 a.m. and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at 5 p.m. Both... Read More
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Barnard Class Day: Peace Be With You
May 19, 3:50pmToday at 4 p.m., Barnard’s class of 2013 will hear from the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee at its class day, which is taking place downtown at Radio City... Read More
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PrezBo confirms: Merit Janow will be next SIPA dean
May 17, 11:47pmWhoops, while you were all enjoying your first day of freedom/moving out day/time wherever you are since you finished your finals like a week ago and have already gotten out... Read More
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