Community Impact

RAs at John Jay team up to collect supplies for local school

A group of do-gooder resident advisers in John Jay have rallied residents to collect supplies for a local public school that currently receives no arts funding.

By Casey Tolan | Nov 30 03:33 am ET

Students sub for arts teachers at underfunded MoHi school

Volunteers with a Community Impact program are now teaching all arts classes, from kindergarten to fifth grade, at PS 125, a Morningside Heights school with no arts funding.

By Casey Tolan | Oct 26 03:33 am ET

New CI group preaches money smarts

Many low-income students know all too well that money talks, but a new Community Impact program aims to teach students that money thinks too.

By Avantika Kumar | Oct 10 04:38 am ET

Community Impact celebrates 30 years; volunteers reflect on new challenges

As the organization continues to grow, volunteers and CI staffers say they face new challenges every year.

By Karla Jimenez | Apr 28 04:01 am ET

Getting the spark back in your community service

Columbia students tend to see service as something external to their lives.

By Mark Hay | Apr 19 07:31 pm ET

SHOUT aims to improve local health education

When Silvia Puma, CC ’10 and Anna Newman, BC ’12—coordinators of the Community Impact group Student Health Outreach—asked a group of local middle school students what being healthy meant, the results astounded them.

By Ray Katz | Feb 15 01:40 am ET

Taste of Morningside Heights

Students enjoyed local fare, despite the rainy weather. Two dozen neighborhood restaurants served hors d’oeuvres and desserts under a tent on Low Plaza, with all proceeds going to Community Impact.

By Betsy Morais | Apr 21 12:49 am ET

Campus Food Sustainability Project Sprouts City Initiative

Seeking to branch out campus-wide ‘go green’ efforts to the Morningside Heights and Harlem communities, the Columbia University Food Sustainability Project is applying to become part of Community Impact.

By Carly Silver | Feb 19 01:20 am ET

Service Groups Make the Most of Inaugural Fervor

“Service” has been a Columbia buzzword ever since then-presidential candidates Barack Obama, CC ’83, and Senator John McCain paid a visit to campus during September’s ServiceNation summit. But only time will tell if this new attention will persist.

By Tabitha Peyton-Wood and Alix Pianin | Jan 27 03:45 am ET

Crossing the Classroom Threshold

Next week, CUArts will kick off ArtsLink, a program offering suggestions and funding for professors to help their classes participate in New York's cultural scene.

By Editorial Board | Dec 2 12:18 pm ET

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