Several Columbia faculty traveled in November to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to attend COP27, the 27th Climate Change Conference hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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.

Columbia’s University Senate unanimously approved a new quantum science and technology master’s program administered by the School of Engineering and Applied Science during its meeting on March 4. The joint venture between SEAS and Arts and Sciences, spearheaded by Columbia’s Quantum Initiative, is one of the first of its kind in the nation and will prepare students with both foundational education and experimental research.