In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Barnard Dining on Friday offered a selection of Colombian comfort food items in Hewitt Dining Hall for students wanting a taste of home and others interested in trying something new.

In the Earth Kitchen at Teachers College, students watched with rapt attention as chef Alex Guarnaschelli, BC ’91, dazzled with her cooking skills.

It can be daunting to acclimate to a new college environment—and its food scene.

Columbia Culinary Society and Columbia Dining last Tuesday hosted Food Network celebrity chef Robert Irvine for Battle of the Dining Halls, the dining showdown of the semester.

Barnard and Columbia students gathered inside the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning on Feb. 9 to listen to Sue Chan, BC ’06, as she spoke about her experience in the food industry.

In the latest addition to Columbia University’s campus dining selection, Chef Don’s Pizza Pi opened at Mudd Hall in the same location as Blue Java Mudd, which will remain open for cafe service from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

After a well-fought season, the Columbia “College Bowl” team finished NBC’s trivia-based competition in second place. Their final match—against the University of Georgia—concluded when the team failed to overtake Georgia during the “Two Minute Drill.”

NBC’s “Capital One College Bowl” returned for the first time in 51 years last fall, with Columbia taking home the gold trophy after a close match against the University of Southern California. This year, a new team of Columbia students—Akshay Manglik, CC ’25; Forrest Weintraub, CC ’24; Albert Zhang, CC ’24; and Lily Collier, CC ’25—arrived in Atlanta, eager to defend the championship title.

From the King’s Crown Shakesperean Troupe, which is dedicated to re-interpreting Shakespeare’s classics, to groups such as New and Original Material Authored and Directed by Students, which present original student writing made for the stage, Columbia’s theater groups span a wide variety of disciplines. Whether you want to try on a new persona on stage or shed a tear in the audience, Columbia’s theater community has something for everyone to enjoy.

Inflatable palm trees and aquatic animals hanging from the ceiling, students lined up out the door, and a massive shrimp boat for students to feast on defined this year’s Surf, Turf & Earth celebration, which took place on April 19.