V.O. (0:00): From popular crime dramas like “CSI” to real-life investigations, fingerprints have long been the gold standard for solving crime. But one of the biggest challenges in forensic science is linking prints from different fingers to the same person, leading countless investigations to hit a wall. Now, a group of Columbia students is challenging the consensus that every fingerprint is unique.

Description: Equality for GS, a student-led group, held a protest on Friday, April 14 to highlight the disparities in financial aid among Columbia's undergraduate schools. The group demands that University administration provide more equitable financial aid, issue Latin diplomas to General Studies graduates, and increase transparency around statistics on GS admissions, as well as retention and graduation rates. "The students at the School of General Studies are second-class citizens in terms of financial aid," Antonio Rodriguez, one of the protest's organizers said.

Description: February 24th, 2023 will mark the one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Tanya Kotelnykova, a recipient of Columbia’s Scholarship for Displaced Students, has been helping Ukrainian students—hoping to continue their studies despite the war—apply for university programs abroad. Tanya’s intention is to help the next generation of Ukrainians who will, in turn, one day help rebuild their country. Her main challenge: not enough volunteers to meet the enormous demand from students.

Description: On Oct. 28, 1966, Columbia College sophomore Stephen Donaldson, prominent gay rights activists Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, University Chaplain John Dyson Cannon, and college administrators sat down in Earl Hall for a meeting. When they left, the first gay student organization, Columbia Student Homophile League, was established. In this video, we sat down with one of SHL’s founding members, Seana Anderson, to talk about the club’s origins and the barriers it faced on its way to University approval.