Ten months ago, Columbia announced it would conduct a “thorough review” of the University’s approach to Middle Eastern studies to ensure “balanced” curricula across departments. Already feeling the effects of federal funding cuts and increasing government oversight, students and faculty members questioned what a review would mean for the University—and academic freedom as a whole. Now, they may finally have their answers.

Three Columbia students—Joseph Karaganis, CC ’26, Brianna Przywozny, SEAS ’25, and Theo Taplitz, CC ’25—were named 2026 Marshall Scholars, the University announced in a Dec. 9, 2025, news release, marking the first time three Columbia students have been awarded the scholarship in a single year.

Newly released records of Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book included notes from various Columbia affiliates, including prominent donor Mortimer Zuckerman, former visiting professor and Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, and Teachers College alumnus and former president of Phi Delta Kappa Stephen Levy.

Barnard President Laura Rosenbury and Dean Leslie Grinage attended a meeting held by Barnard’s Student Government Association on March 31, where they answered questions from student representatives and students for about an hour.

Alicia Graf Mack, GS ’03, the dean and director of the Juilliard School’s dance division and a member of the School of General Studies board of visitors, will serve as the General Studies Class Day speaker for the class of 2025. General Studies Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch, GS/JTS ’90, announced the speaker in an April 2 email to General Studies seniors.