Columbia’s Business School marked its official move to the Manhattanville campus at the start of this semester. The two sleek new buildings sheathed in glass on West 130th Street provide a striking contrast to the stolid construction of the Business School’s former home in Uris Hall. The Business School’s new home consists of Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall, linked by a new acre-large public park.

The Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at the School of International and Public Affairs is launching a new program this semester that hopes to funnel more women, racial and ethnic minorities, and first-generation Columbia students into the national security and intelligence fields.

A group of approximately 500 protestors gathered at the sundial Wednesday afternoon in support of the Student Workers of Columbia’s demands for a fair contract. The crowd was composed primarily of graduate and undergraduate students, expressing solidarity for the strike anticipated for next Wednesday, Nov. 3, if the University does not accede to the SWC’s demands. After a series of speeches, the crowd moved to march on Schermerhorn Hall, where protestors interrupted a class being taught by University President Lee Bollinger.