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.

Columbia Health is running its annual walk-in flu fair this week from Oct. 28 to 31 in Lerner Roone Arledge Auditorium and next week on Nov. 7 at the Manhattanville campus. All Columbia affiliates are eligible to receive the flu vaccine free of cost, except Barnard and Columbia University Irving Medical Center students, who can access flu vaccines through their institution’s health services.

Columbia modified its Title VI training for all University employees as part of “ongoing efforts to cultivate a campus environment free from discrimination and harassment,” according to an Oct. 8 email from Vice Provost Laura Kirschstein to all Columbia employees.

The University will invest $30 million into the School of General Studies to expand financial aid to high-need students and to plan for a “dedicated residential building for the School,” Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch, GS ’90, and Executive Vice President of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Amy Hungerford announced in a Thursday email to the General Studies community. The first funds were endowed this summer, and the remainder of the $30 million will be financed over the next three years.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre joined the World Leaders Forum on Tuesday in a conversation with Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy Jason Bordoff titled, “Norway and the Age of Energy.”

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation named Wena Teng, CC ’25, and Alex Taylor, CC ’25, as the 2024 Truman scholars on April 12.

Along College Walk, Low Steps, and South Lawn, members of the Columbia community paused their typical afternoon routines, gazing up at the sky to witness the solar eclipse that crossed North America on Monday.

The Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing announced that Columbia University Apartheid Divest’s Dec. 1, 2023 proposal concerning “Divestment from Israeli Apartheid, Occupation, and Genocide” failed to meet the criteria for consideration of divestment on Feb. 29.