Barnard will implement “Foundations @ Barnard: A New Era for First-Year Learning,” ushering in a new curriculum that will ensure Barnard first-year students take the majority of their classes, including their Modes of Thinking requirements, at Barnard.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times investigative reporter Jodi Kantor, CC ’96, will serve as the Columbia College Class Day speaker on May 20, Columbia College announced Wednesday.

The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Barnard for discrimination involving shared ancestry. The OCR published its investigation announcement on “List of Open Title VI Shared Ancestry Investigations” web page on Friday.

Interim University President Katrina Armstrong addressed the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism cancelling $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia in a Friday University Senate plenary.

Barnard Vice President for Strategic Communications Robin Levine announced that there was a “bomb threat” at Milstein Center at around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday and urged everyone inside to evacuate the building. Many protesters chose to continue the sit-in in Milstein after the announcement.