Government transparency, minority representation, and Barnard’s commitment to environmental sustainability were focal points of many candidates’ speeches at Wednesday’s Student Government Association election debate.

Barnard administrators, staff, alumni, and students gathered Wednesday to celebrate the near completion of the steel superstructure of the college’s new Teaching and Learning Center.

With just over two weeks until the Barnard board of trustees votes on whether to divest from coal and tar sands as well as from companies that actively deny climate change, members of the Barnard community gathered at a town hall on Tuesday to voice their opinions.

Jennifer Green will become the new Dean for Barnard Library and Academic Information Services on March 6, Provost Linda Bell announced on Friday morning.

The Barnard Student Government Association hosted three guest presentations from the Barnard contingent faculty union, members of the University Senate, and the Columbia University Food Bank—all of which requested some form of support—at its general body meeting Monday evening.

The Presidential Task Force to Examine Divestment will hold a town hall discussion next week, allowing members of the Barnard community a final opportunity to share their views on the task force’s recommendation, Chief Operating Officer and Task Force Chair Rob Goldberg announced in an email Monday.