Separated from Columbia’s main campus by little more than a crosswalk, Barnard’s black, lacquered gates are lettered with a gold inscription: “Barnard College of Columbia University.”

In just one month, professor Ivana Nikolić Hughes appeared on YouTube to debate nuclear disarmament with Tucker Carlson, sat beside Pope Leo XIV at a Vatican peace conference, shared a panel with a Hiroshima survivor, attended the preview for the nuclear political thriller film titled “A House of Dynamite,” and cycled through meetings at the United Nations.