Nicholas Dirks

After 8 years, Arts and Sciences finalizes new administrative structures

In a letter to faculty, Dirks outlined the latest structural reforms: the creation of a three-member executive committee and the re-establishment of the long-dormant Planning and Budget Committee.

By Sammy Roth and Margaret Mattes | Apr 30 07:37 am ET

Dirks talks academia, spies at University Lecture

Dirks spoke about professors of area studies who were recruited as spies post-World War II.

By Jeremy Budd | Feb 21 05:45 am ET

Admins hope to endow Core

Alumni, faculty members, and administrators have been discussing ideas for broad-based fundraising initiative since the fall.

By Jeremy Budd | Feb 10 03:50 am ET

Faculty of Arts and Sciences adds three deans

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences encompasses five schools, 29 departments, and 32 institutes, centers, and programs has been split into just three divisions, each with its own dean.

By Jillian Kumagai | Nov 2 02:19 am ET

ORIENTATION 2011: Amid a leadership shake-up, meet your Columbia, Barnard administrators

After a period of stability from 2009 to 2011, Columbia's senior administration is undergoing another round of departures.

By Sammy Roth | Aug 28 03:18 pm ET

Faculty, admins clash on Northwest

Rafael Yuste, a biology professor making the move, said he is concerned that the building will be “no more than the sum of its laboratories.”

By Sammy Roth | Nov 22 02:15 am ET

SIPA to hire, budget independently

The School of International and Public Affairs is revamping its curriculum and carving a new niche within the University.

By Joy Resmovits | Mar 31 09:21 pm ET

Faculty Seek to Unravel Knotted Bureaucracy

After being a regular researcher at the British Museum for decades, former Columbia English professor David Kastan was unexpectedly turned away one summer.

By Scott Levi | Jan 22 04:09 am ET

100 Years After Its Birth at Columbia, Anthropology's Identity Still Evolving

Last weekend, anthropologists flocked to the American Museum of Natural History to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Barnard alumna and anthropology pioneer, Margaret Mead. At the 32nd-annual Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, spectators watched ethnographic films by luminaries such as Franz Boas and Zora Neale Hurston, BC ’27.

By Joy Resmovits | Nov 18 11:25 pm ET

Dirks Reminisces About India, Long-Haired Days

Nicholas Dirks says he lives his life in an academic novel.

By Joy Resmovits | May 1 03:18 am ET

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