When University President Lee Bollinger announced the launch of Columbia Commitment in spring 2017, the $5-billion-in-5-year campaign proposed a vision for the University with seven major initiatives specifically geared toward connecting scholarly work with broad, global impact.

University President Lee Bollinger, a leading legal scholar and advocate for affirmative action, warned universities to prepare for a potential end to race-conscious admissions processes, a possibility that he said is now more likely than ever.

Columbia has been ranked in the top three national and world universities for the first time ever, beating Stanford and tying with Yale for the third spot, according to U.S. News Rankings.

Shannon Marquez, a former vice provost for international development at Drexel University, will serve as Dean of Undergraduate Global Engagement starting in early November, Columbia College announced this morning.

Shailagh Murray, previously a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, has been appointed as executive vice president for public affairs starting Sept. 4, University President Lee Bollinger announced today.

A student at the School of General Studies has filed a lawsuit claiming that GS Dean of Students Tom Harford subjected her to abusive and inappropriate sexual activity, using scholarship money as “bait,” according to the plaintiff’s complaint released earlier this morning.

As the Trump administration escalated its opposition to affirmative action by denouncing the practice in university admissions, University President Lee Bollinger has maintained that Columbia will not change its stance in support of affirmative action, even in the face of litigation which could lose the University access to federal funding from the Department of Education.

Since Columbia’s graduate students voted to unionize in December 2016, the University has reiterated its opposition to the union and refused to negotiate, culminating in a weeklong strike last April that left dozens of Core classes without professors or teaching assistants as protestors marched in a picket line on College Walk.

As David Madigan, former Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences, steps down from his position after a five-year term, Columbia’s undergraduate schools face a critical turning point.