Columbia will receive $2.95 million in federal funding for a plan to address potential climate change impacts on the New York City watershed, the University announced Wednesday.

Members of the Columbia community gathered in Uris Hall last Thursday for a panel on Columbia’s impending eviction of the Red Balloon Learning Center.

Hundreds of people filled the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Wednesday night for the memorial service of renowned essayist and journalist Joan Didion.

Coming from a high school where about half of the student body was Asian, Julia Guo, CC ’22, said that when she was younger, listening to K-pop was “about as deep as [she] ever got” into thinking about Asian identity. However, Guo said coming to Columbia caused her perspective to shift on her community and identity, which she says she previously took for granted. Guo began her time at Columbia by joining Asian-interest student groups on campus during her first year, including Asian American Alliance, a political organization, and Taiko, a group that practices Japanese drumming. Over the course of the year, she helped to organize Asian American Alliance’s charity performance showcase cultureSHOCK, as well as Taiko’s Fall Festival.

Many students might feel intimidated pursuing a subject in a department with only two other majoring students in their class year. For Regan Mies, CC ’22, however, this small department size speaks to the level of close-knit connection and deep engagement she has found while studying German at Columbia.

“One time one of the antennae stabbed me in the mouth and I had an open sore on the roof of my mouth a week after,” Caitlin Lent, BC ’22, said regarding the prawns at the Lower East Side seafood restaurant Cervo’s. “And I still order them because they’re so delicious.”