Columbia is among the nation’s top 10 universities in receiving foreign funding, totaling $1.2 billion largely from China and England as of Jan. 31, 2025, according to a new data dashboard released by the U.S. Department of Education on Jan. 2.

A sprinkler head popped off in an unoccupied dorm room in 619 W. 113th Street on Monday and caused flooding across five floors, forcing 14 students to evacuate eight dorm rooms. The building, located near Riverside Park, houses mostly sophomores and some special interest communities.

Since the resignation of the last permanent University president, Minouche Shafik, Columbia’s board of trustees has tapped both its own CEO of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and a fellow trustee to fill the seat. The next permanent president, however, has no affiliation with Columbia.

The Task Force on Antisemitism issued its fourth and final report investigating antisemitism in the classroom on Dec. 9, 2025, marking the end of its work after two years.

Columbia College Student Council and the Engineering Student Council on Tuesday expressed opposition to the University’s tentative plans to expand undergraduate enrollment in a joint open letter.

Hillary Clinton and Mike Pompeo shared the stage at an Institute of Global Politics event on Wednesday in their first public conversation on foreign policy, with both agreeing that the United States must do more to maintain its global dominance amid the rise of competing global powers.