The Climate School launched the first Master of Science in climate finance program in the United States on Tuesday, combining courses in climate science and corporate finance to “address the global climate crisis,” according to a news release by the Climate School.

Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Sundial on Wednesday as part of a global initiative to show support for the Bibas family, an Israeli family Hamas took hostage on Oct. 7, 2023.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially denied Barnard’s motion to dismiss a gender discrimination lawsuit on Jan. 3, requiring that the lawsuit schedule a pretrial conference by Jan. 31.

Katherine Franke, BC ’81, former James L. Dohr professor of law, filed a supplementary grievance with the University Senate on Jan. 17 requesting an investigation into the Office of Institutional Equity.

Researchers at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center recently upgraded its computer clusters, helping enhance research potential. The upgrade, announced in a Jan. 17 news release, makes CUIMC home to some of the strongest computer clusters dedicated to biomedical research.

Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science received 5,872 early decision applications for the class of 2029, according to Columbia Undergraduate Admissions. The schools notified early applicants of their decisions on Wednesday evening.

The New York Police Department arrested a suspect in the Dec. 9 alleged robbery and hate crime against a Columbia student on Monday morning and charged him with robbery in the third degree and robbery in the third degree as a hate crime.

Barnard released early decision acceptances for the class of 2029 on Saturday. The college, however, did not provide applicant numbers or an acceptance rate.