Nearly a year after Jeffrey Sachs—a world-renowned expert on economic development and poverty—stepped down from his position as director of Columbia’s Earth Institute, the University has yet to find his replacement.

Barnard’s Student Government Association announced the results of this year’s council elections Tuesday morning.

As the initial registration period for the fall semester comes to a close, students are still waiting for administrators to roll out two policies—which were approved almost a year ago but have not been implemented—that would seek to decrease course loads for Columbia College and School of General Studies students.

When Peter Awn took office as the dean of the School of General Studies 20 years ago, the school would have been unrecognizable to members of the Columbia community today.

Due to a technical error on the part of the Office of the University Registrar on Monday, class registration appointments for rising sophomores were scheduled before those of rising juniors, which would have allowed underclassmen to claim seats in selective classes typically reserved for upperclassmen.

Hui Yu Wong, CC ’17, was on a coffee break from work Tuesday when she received an email from Columbia College Dean James Valentini.

University President Lee Bollinger unveiled Columbia World Projects, an initiative that will fund faculty and student research projects on global issues, in an email to the community on Tuesday.

University President Lee Bollinger will serve as the co-chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on the Future of Voting, which will lead research on issues related to voting—including technology, security, and privacy—in the United States.

The combined admit rate for Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science was 5.8 percent this year, dropping slightly from 6 percent last year.

Barnard sent out admissions decisions on Thursday evening to the 7,716 prospective students who applied to the class of 2021, marking an eight percent increase in applications from last year.