Nearly a year ago, Columbia settled with the federal government to restore billions of dollars in frozen funding, alleviating disappointment, fear, and uncertainty about the future of science research in the United States.

In a first for Columbia, two seniors this year have been awarded the Churchill Scholarship for a fully funded one-year master’s program in science at the University of Cambridge.

The Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers opened a strike authorization vote Friday to “ramp up the pressure” for the University to meet its demands amid seven months of stalled contract negotiations.

Following recent advocacy efforts by Columbia affiliates, President Donald Trump signed a spending deal Tuesday that includes billions more in funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than his 2026 budget proposal. The increase marks a major break from the president’s previous efforts to gut science agencies that fund research at Columbia and universities across the nation.

Jonathan Mermin, a former top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will serve as the new dean of the Mailman School of Public Health and senior vice president of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, and Katrina Armstrong, chief executive officer of CUIMC, announced in a Jan. 23 email to the University community.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke about his relationship with former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Oslo Accords at an Institute of Global Politics event Nov. 10, marking 30 years since Rabin’s assassination.