Amy Zavadil, associate vice president for Community Accountability, Response, and Emergency Services, will step down from her position on May 18, according to an email to the Barnard community from senior administrators Monday afternoon.

When Mary Whitford, BC ’25, woke up one morning in early October, she found something unexpected in the desk drawer of her dorm room—a mouse.

Captain Jose Taveras last week was appointed commanding officer of the New York Police Department’s 26th Precinct, which services Morningside Heights and Manhattanville.

Felice Rosan will become Columbia’s top legal representative as general counsel on Jan. 1, University President Lee Bollinger announced in an email Thursday morning. Rosan, currently deputy general counsel, will replace current Counsel Jane Booth, who will assume the role of chief legal officer until her retirement on June 30.

Vincent Pinkney will not be tried in the forseeable future for the stabbing of School of Engineering and Applied Science doctoral student Davide Giri. On Wednesday, Judge Maxwell Wiley committed Pinkney to the New York State Office of Mental Health. The decision comes after Judge Wiley’s ruling on Oct. 26. that Pinkney is “not fit to proceed with trial.”

Vincent Pinkney, alleged to have stabbed School of Engineering and Applied Science doctoral student Davide Giri to death in December 2021, made his 13th appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday. Judge Maxwell Wiley declared Pinkney “not fit to proceed with trial at this point.”

Vincent Pinkney, who is charged with the December 2021 murder of School of Engineering and Applied Science doctoral student Davide Giri, made his 11th related appearance in Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday.

Support staff of the Local 2110 Technical, Office, and Professional Workers Union  picketed on College Walk this week in support of a contract with higher wages and more comprehensive health protections. Twitter accounts and chants from the union said that organizers will attempt to shut down Columbia College’s commencement ceremony on May 17 if they cannot negotiate a new contract with the University.

After two years of COVID-19 restrictions barring non-affiliates from entering Columbia Housing , students at Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science are now permitted to host one non-affiliated guest at a time in their residence halls. It is a policy that students say has calmed efforts to bring guests into residence halls through unauthorized methods and incur harsh punishments for doing so. The new process, however, has been criticized for its complicated logistics and long wait times.