Nearly 170 faculty at Columbia and Barnard have signed an open letter released on Monday condemning the backlash students received after they signed an Oct. 9 student-written statement that called for advocacy for Palestinian students and engagement with on-campus activism efforts in the wake of the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza.

The Wang Pavilion, a new performance space with a 180-person capacity, opened for student use in Lerner Hall last month and features a versatile stage, house and stage lighting, a new AV system, and a computerized Yamaha Disklavier piano.

The School of International and Public Affairs’ Institute of Global Politics hosted an online “Rapid Response Webinar” on Tuesday following Hamas’ unexpected attack on Israel over the weekend.

Louis Brus, GSAS ’69, professor emeritus of chemistry, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for his research on nanoparticles.

Alyx Bernstein, BC/JTS ’23, is carving out a space for herself and other queer people in a 2,000-year-old religious tradition.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action, Columbia is still in the process of carving a path forward.

They’re moving outside the situation room.

Sarah Cole, Parr professor of English and comparative literature and former dean of humanities, stepped in as the interim dean of the School of the Arts on Sept. 1. Bruno Bosteels, professor and chair of the department of Latin American and Iberian cultures, took over as acting dean of humanities on the same day.