After a monthlong election process, Spectator is honored to announce its 147th managing board, to be led by Editor in Chief Irie Sentner, CC ’24, Managing Editor Andrew Park, CC ’24, and Publisher Tyler Shern, CC ’25.

Davide Giri, a sixth-year doctoral student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, died following a stabbing that occurred near 123rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Thursday around 11 p.m, interim SEAS Dean Shih-Fu Chang and SEAS Senior Vice Dean Soulaymane Kachani announced in an email Friday morning. Giri was 30 years old.

A task force made up of faculty, administrators, trustees, and alumni has been considering an overhaul of the leadership structure of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences since the beginning of the academic year. The committee’s work has revived longstanding concerns about the importance and perceived political power of Columbia College while evoking a sense of deja vu from a similar—but failed—effort to reorganize Arts and Sciences almost exactly a decade ago.

Carman Hall, Lerner Hall, and Butler Hall were evacuated after Columbia received bomb threats this afternoon, according to emergency text notifications sent to students at 2:27 p.m. today. At 4:44 pm, the University notified students that police had concluded their investigation and all three aforementioned buildings had been swept and were being reopened.

A mattress fire broke out on the sixth floor of Brooks Hall after 9 p.m. on Monday, causing hundreds of Barnard students to evacuate their dorms onto Claremont Avenue and Broadway and across Barnard’s campus. No injuries were reported, and the structural damage remains unclear.

Thomas Christensen, the James T. Shotwell professor of international relations, has been named interim dean of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, University President Lee Bollinger announced in an email Friday. Christensen’s tenure will begin on Jan. 1 following the end of Merit Janow’s term as dean.

Since the spring, Columbia’s senior administrators and faculty have been exploring the possibility of increasing undergraduate enrollment in an effort to increase tuition income and access to the University after the pandemic left Columbia accumulating losses of roughly $100 million a month at its peak.

Dennis Mitchell, senior vice provost for faculty advancement and a professor of dental medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, has been appointed to be the next executive vice president for University Life, University President Lee Bollinger announced in an email to the Columbia community today. Mitchell will also be serving as senior vice provost for faculty advancement and will continue his work as a faculty member at the College of Dental Medicine.

In an email to the Barnard community sent out on July 29, administrators announced updated guidelines for the fall 2021 semester related to COVID-19 testing, social distancing, and the use of space on campus.

Mateo Williams, a second-year student who was pursuing a doctorate in chemical engineering, died on June 19, School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean Mary Boyce wrote in an email to the SEAS community on Sunday. Williams was diagnosed with cancer this past fall, but the cause of his death was not confirmed to Spectator.