Barnard will roll out its medication abortion service in late May, Marina Catallozzi, vice president for health and wellness and chief health officer, and Sarah Ann Anderson-Burnett, director of medical services and quality improvement, said in an interview with Spectator.

Barnard Investment Group, the first-ever Barnard-based investment club, has been working to address a need for financial networking and support at the college since the group’s inception last spring.

Contrary to a previous report, Columbia did not identify a positive case of bed bugs in Avery Library, a University spokesperson wrote in an email to Spectator on Thursday.

A positive case of bed bugs has been confirmed in Avery Library, according to a Monday evening status update on the Columbia University Libraries website. The library initially closed last week “out of an abundance of caution” following reports of bed bugs and remains closed as of Tuesday.

Scholars and activists from numerous universities and organizations convened in Avery Hall on Friday for a conference called “The Migrant ‘Crisis’ in NYC: Immigration, Asylum, and The Right to the City.” Hosted by the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, the “rapid response” event featured speakers who shared their research on immigration and the “migrant crisis” in New York City.

The Athena Film Festival will launch its first Abortion Pipeline Project, a screenplay competition that provides winners with funding and guidance to produce more accurate depictions of abortion on screen, Barnard announced in an Oct. 19 news release.

Catherine Beckett, BC ’24, and Simon Ogundare, CC ’24—co-directors of Nightline Peer Listening, an anonymous student-led mental health service—sat down for an interview with Spectator to discuss the service’s history, relationship to the University, and impact.

Columbia awarded tenure to 50 faculty members across the University, including the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Office of the Provost announced in a press release on Oct. 18.

Nazira Davroni, BC ’25, has been awarded the Voyager Scholarship for Public Service from the Obama Foundation, a scholarship founded by Barack and Michelle Obama alongside Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb.