Friends, family, and colleagues of Todd Gitlin, chair of the Journalism School’s doctoral communications program, gathered at Low Library on Saturday to mourn his death. Gitlin died at the age of 79 on Feb. 5 after spending over two decades at Columbia.

Security guards at Union Theological Seminary officially unionized on Wednesday, joining the largest union of property service workers in the United States. The newly-formed union at UTS seeks to pass a new contract with provisions including a $26 hourly wage for starting workers, health coverage, vacation time, and paid sick leave, among other benefits.

Over 300 protesters gathered on Low Steps this afternoon to stand in solidarity with Ukrainian students in the wake of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine this morning. The protest, initiated by Christian König, SIPA ’23, sought to elevate the voices of Ukrainian students and offer the Columbia community a way to support them.

The new Inclusive Public Safety Advisory Committee has established a set of goals to bring student, faculty, and staff voices together to evaluate the standard procedures of Columbia Public Safety in recent weeks. The committee, which was launched in February as part of the University’s renewed commitment to anti-racism, comes after the retirement of longtime vice president of Public Safety James McShane and follows the rebranding of Barnard’s Public Safety team in January 2021.

Todd Gitlin, chair of the Journalism School’s doctoral communications program, died on Saturday at the age of 79. Gitlin, who spent over two decades at Columbia as a professor, was an author, activist, and academic who left a distinct mark on the fields of sociology and journalism.

Columbia’s Business School has officially shifted its location from Uris Hall to the Manhattanville campus, nearly doubling the school’s physical space and marking a monumental step in University President Lee Bollinger’s $6.3 billion legacy project which has been nearly two decades in the making.

In the past two years, two Columbia students have been killed in or near Morningside Park. Columbia Public Safety and the NYPD’s responses to the murders have been nearly identical, and neither have been popular in the community.

In the fifth week of the Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers strike, directors of undergraduate study from 30 departments have declared concerns for a potential inability to award credit in select undergraduate classes.

As students from across the University’s 21 schools gathered on College Walk for the first Tree Lighting ceremony since 2019 on Thursday, student-workers took to College Walk to picket in support of the Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers strike. The picket came one day after over 100 student-workers and their supporters marched from Columbia University Irving Medical Center on 168th Street to the Morningside campus on 116th Street.

Following the Business School’s move to Manhattanville in January 2022, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will relocate to Uris Hall. With a 122,000 square-foot building and $80 million to spend on renovations, faculty and students have been debating how best to fill the space. Initial recommendations have been completed, and the University has decided to prioritize interdisciplinary efforts over space for individualized programming.