Secretary of the U.S. Navy Carlos Del Toro delivered an address in Low Library on Thursday. Before the address, Del Toro presented the Distinguished Public Service Award to University President Lee Bollinger, the highest honor conferred to civilians by the Department of Defense.

Twenty-five members of the Columbia College class of 2023 have been selected as junior initiates into Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest U.S. honor society. The inductees were announced on Dec. 2, and will be formally initiated on Jan. 20, 2023, during a ceremony in Low Library.

Students from the School of General Studies are organizing a movement under the name Equality for GS, demanding that the University administration provide more equitable financial aid, issue Latin diplomas at General Studies graduation, and increase transparency regarding statistics on General Studies’ admissions, retention, and graduation.

Secretary-General of the European Parliament Klaus Welle spoke at Columbia for a conversation on the war between Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday.

Columbia College Student Council and Engineering Student Council announced the election results for fall 2022 on Tuesday.

University President Lee Bollinger held his 21st and final annual Fun Run Extravaganza last Friday. Cosponsored by Columbia’s department of intercollegiate athletics and physical education, the Fun Run has been a staple of Bollinger’s engagement with the community during his tenure as president, which has been defined, in part, by a lack of frequent student interaction.

Members of Columbia’s support staff in the Local 2110 Technical, Office, and Professional Workers Union voted 204 to 82 to ratify a new contract on Monday, marking the end of a negotiation process that began last January.