Harriet Engelke
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Dozens gathered in the Low Library Rotunda on Wednesday to honor the Roger Lehecka Double Discovery Center at its 60th anniversary gala.
For 60 years, the Roger Lehecka Double Discovery Center has helped over 25,000 low-income high school students from Harlem and Washington Heights navigate educational barriers by offering a variety of academic enrichment and mentorship programs, from teaching math courses on campus to helping students write their college essays.
In Columbia’s July settlement with President Donald Trump’s administration, the University agreed in a provision to continue offering “safe and fair opportunities for women,” with continued access to “single-sex housing for women who request such housing and all-female sports, locker rooms, and showering facilities.”
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory cancelled its 2025 Open House, an annual event where researchers share their scientific projects with the broader community.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ranked Barnard and Columbia last and second to last, respectively, in its 2026 College Free Speech Rankings.
The School of Engineering and Applied Science community celebrated the accomplishments of the class of 2025 on Monday at its annual Class Day ceremony, hosted on Columbia’s Morningside campus.
Over a month after President Donald Trump’s administration canceled $400 million in federal funding to Columbia, researchers at the University are watching a career’s worth of work hang in the balance.
Students gathered at the Sundial for an “emergency rally” on April 17 organized by the Columbia University Student Union, protesting the recent targeting of pro-Palestinian activists by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, one year after the start of the first “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.”