Sasha Zients
By Sasha Zients
2016-11-05T04:00:20Z
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, accompanied by former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore, pledged the state's commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions at Columbia on Thursday.
... By Sasha Zients
2016-10-12T11:00:04Z
Members of Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine and Columbia/Barnard Jewish Voice for Peace publicly united today as Columbia University Apartheid Divest to demand that Columbia divest from eight companies that benefit from Israeli business in occupied Palestinian territories.
... By Sasha Zients
2016-09-13T10:00:03Z
The Harlem Independent Theater—an affordable movie theater, event space, and café and bar on track to open next summer—has launched a campaign to raise $30,000 by Nov. 25.
... By Sasha Zients
2016-07-13T07:00:03Z
When Sasha Cohen first came to Columbia, she was baffled by how much she would have to do sitting down in order to earn her degree.
By Sasha Zients
2016-04-29T09:41:20Z
Columbia University Apartheid Divest submitted a proposal to the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing on Thursday asking the body to recommend divestment from companies that "profit from the State of Israel's violations of international law."
... By Sasha Zients
2016-04-22T10:56:42Z
Approximately 100 students came equipped with mattresses, tents, and sleeping bags on Thursday night for "Sleep Out 4 Divest," in which students will sleep out on Low Plaza in solidarity with the six organizers for Columbia Divest for Climate Justice who continue to occupy Low Library.
... By Sasha Zients
2016-02-03T03:00:03Z
Three weeks after a fire scorched the second floor of an affordable housing development in Harlem, residents are frustrated that owner Abyssinian Development Corporation has yet to make basic repairs.
... By Sasha Zients
2016-01-26T06:04:17Z
Columbia has long been working to integrate sustainable measures into construction practices at the Manhattanville campus, the first buildings of which will open in the fall.
... By Sasha Zients
2016-01-20T02:00:03Z
Residents of the Frederick Douglass Houses, on 103rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, await response to a lawsuit filed last week against the New York City Housing Authority, which cited unacceptable living conditions.
... By Sasha Zients and Sarah Krosnick
2016-01-16T01:00:02Z
The Jewish Theological Seminary plans to sell two of its three dormitory buildings this summer to fund campus renovations, including the construction of a new library.
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