Larson Holt

Following years of preparation and planning, Columbia released its first-ever environmental sustainability plan on Friday, which aims to reduce the University’s greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent over the next three years.

Mental health took center stage during Sunday’s debate for Engineering Student Council candidates, with executive board candidates agreeing on the importance of solving Columbia’s mental health problems and stress culture but proposing radically different solutions.

Although registration to become a candidate in the upcoming Columbia College Student Council election has been open for over four weeks, it was not until hours before the registration deadline that council leadership first emailed students with information about the election and how to sign up to run.

Over 150 Columbia alumni, who identify as “Democrats, Republicans and Independents,” have signed a letter to the leadership of the United States Senate in support of the confirmation of fellow alumnus Neil Gorsuch, CC ’88, to the Supreme Court.

A Campus Services committee tasked with determining what will fill a newly available space in Lerner Hall will prioritize keeping the space open to all students, making the creation of an LGBTQ resource center or a center for students of color unlikely.

Biomedical, mechanical, and chemical engineering majors have more difficulty finding jobs through the Center for Career Education’s career fairs than most of their peers in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, according to a report issued by the Engineering Student Council’s policy committee.

Columbia’s Muslim Students’ Association is requesting that the University hire a full-time Muslim religious life adviser and expand resources for Muslim students.

Columbia College Student Council and the Engineering Student Council have voted to support a revised partnership that funds a food bank operated by General Studies Student Council, two weeks after turning down larger, more expensive proposals.