Columbia College Student Council appointed four new members to fill recently vacated positions, including preprofessional and student services representatives, at its general body meeting on Sunday.

Share Meals, a new swipe-sharing app from the Columbia First-Generation Low-Income Partnership that saw a “soft launch” last May, will be available to all students in the coming semester following Barnard’s approval of the app this week.

In response to events hosted by Columbia University College Republicans that brought conservative, white supremacist speakers Tommy Robinson and Mike Cernovich to campus, the Columbia College Student Council has submitted a formal concern report to the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards.

Teaching assistants and other students with instructional and “supervisory” roles will receive mandatory training this month—and in future years—on handling issues of mental health, sexual assault, and discrimination that arise in the classroom, Provost John Coatsworth announced Wednesday.

The Columbia Elections Board’s president—its last remaining member—resigned last week, leaving Columbia’s three undergraduate councils to determine the future of the often-beleaguered organization.

New Columbia College Student Council initiatives will provide financial and institutional support for students in the coming year, including a travel fund for student activities, an alumni fund for campus organizations, and faculty and alumni mentorship programs.

More than five months after the Office of the University Chaplain announced that it would hire a new adviser for Muslim students—and after more than three years of student requests for such an adviser—the newly formed position of coordinator of Muslim life has yet to be filled.

Activists discussed solidarity between those facing struggles in Syria and in Palestine at a panel hosted by Students Organize for Syria and co-sponsored by Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine and Columbia Apartheid Divest on Wednesday night.