The Columbia Elections Commission announced the results of the fall 2026 Columbia College Student Council and Engineering Student Council elections in a Monday email to students from both schools. Rauf Akhundov, CC ’30, and Rosalie Kakosova, SEAS ’30, were elected as first-year class presidents for their respective schools.

Columbia notified its international students Thursday of a new Department of Homeland Security proposal that seeks to implement a $70,000 fee for a work authorization program for those looking to work in the United States after graduation. The proposal is the latest in a two-year-long federal push to increase Washington’s control over universities.

University senators were split on a proposal to implement term limits at its latest plenary.

Neuroscience researcher, venture capitalist, and AI startup founder Thomas Reardon, GS ’08, GSAS ’13, GSAS ’16, has been elected to Columbia’s board of trustees, the University announced Thursday.

In the past four years, Columbia’s campus has borne witness to an unprecedented level of instability. The University has seen five different presidents amid fervent campus protests and pressures from the federal government.

On her first day as Columbia’s 21st University president, Jennifer Mnookin wrote to the University community that “great universities like ours must insist on intellectual seriousness while recognizing the varied ways serious inquiry proceeds.”