The West Harlem Development Corporation invested $2 million this summer to develop 169 affordable housing units in Harlem, the first substantial investment made of the $10 million in funding received from Columbia five years ago.

Community members of Morningside Heights and surrounding neighborhoods ranked housing as one of their biggest neighborhood concerns for the following fiscal year at a public hearing on Monday.

As part of its initiative to connect faculty research to real-world problems, Columbia World Projects is launching two new energy projects aimed at reducing household pollution and increasing energy access in Ghana and Uganda, administrators announced on Friday.

In its eighth annual Giving Day, Columbia raised $22 million through 18,622 donations as of 1 a.m. on Thursday morning, surpassing last year’s fundraising totals by over $2 million. This year’s top earners were Columbia College, followed by Columbia Athletics and Columbia Business School.

Executive Director of Student Health and Wellness Programs MJ Murphy discussed the development of Barnard’s new “Feel Well, Do Well” initiative, addressing questions about professors’ roles in promoting wellness in the classroom and navigating student medical care costs at Barnard’s Student Government Association meeting on Monday night.

Columbia’s Chief Investment Officer Tim Donohue will leave the University to work as the CIO of Kamehameha Schools, a private school system in Hawaii, after less than three years on the job, Kamehameha announced last week .

With the help of donations from two General Studies alumni, Columbia will dedicate the student lounge in Lewisohn Hall to former GS Dean Peter Awn next April.

Peter Awn, Islamic religion scholar and former dean of the School of General Studies, will receive a posthumous Doctor of Letters degree for prestigious scholarship and societal contribution, the University announced earlier this afternoon. Awn will be the ninth person since 1945 to posthumously receive an honorary degree from Columbia.

The Food Pantry at Columbia will begin receiving $5,000 in annual funds through a new partnership between Columbia Dining and the national nonprofit Swipe Out Hunger.

International students in Columbia College and the School of General Studies will be able to apply for employment authorization through Curricular Practical Training starting this summer, potentially allowing students to work for an additional twelve months within the U.S. and alleviating application fees, following a policy change finalized Monday.