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.

Members of the Local 2110 Technical, Office, and Professional Workers Union gathered Wednesday on College Walk to picket for a fair contract.

University President Lee Bollinger and the Pulitzer Prize board named Marjorie Miller, vice president and global enterprise editor at The Associated Press, as the new administrator of the Prizes last Thursday. Miller will start in the role on Monday.

A professor up for tenure at the Law School has rocked the hedge fund world with his research on short selling and his involvement as an expert witness in a federal investigation into how the investment strategy allegedly leads to market manipulation.

The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at the Columbia School of Social Work found that child poverty in the United States increased by 41 percent from December 2021 to January 2022 after expiration of the monthly child tax credit, according to a report released recently.

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.