The General Studies Student Council adopted a statement on Nov. 12 to pursue a Universitywide MetroCard subsidy program to support students with financial need. The proposed program comes after years of financial strain on commuter students at the School of General Studies and calls for greater transit funding from the University.

Panelists gathered in the Low Library Rotunda on Thursday to discuss the media’s role in shaping the 2024 presidential election in an event co-sponsored by the Journalism School and the School of International and Public Affairs’ Institute of Global Politics.

Columbia College Student Council and Campus Services are launching a yearlong pilot program to provide free menstrual products and contraceptives to students in 20 residence halls starting in January 2025. The program builds on a successful four-week pilot program last spring and comes after overwhelming student support for the initiative in the recent fall referendum.

Over 400 University professors, students, parents, alumni, and staff signed a Tuesday letter to interim University President Katrina Armstrong condemning the temporary suspension of Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai and urging its immediate reversal.

Columbia College Student Council unanimously passed a referendum on Sunday to add two questions to its fall 2024 ballot on whether to provide free menstrual products and contraceptives in residence halls. The council sent out the ballot on Wednesday to all Columbia College students.

Michel Sadelain, a global pioneer in CAR T-cell immunotherapy, will head the new Columbia Initiative in Cell Engineering and Therapy. Interim University President Katrina Armstrong announced the initiative and Sadelain’s appointment in a Sept. 30 email to the Columbia community.

Khymani James, CC ’25, who was suspended last year during the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” filed a lawsuit on Friday against the University for discrimination and allegedly breaching their “Tedeschi Rights.”

Wamkele Mene, secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area, spoke at the World Leaders Forum on Thursday about inclusive globalization and Africa’s economic future.