In the closing session of the 2026 World Leaders Forum, “AI + Culture,” speakers discussed the influence and democratization of AI.

Republic of the Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine canceled her Friday World Leaders Forum appearance, according to a Thursday email from the University to registered attendees which attributed the cancellation to a change in Heine’s schedule.

As an incoming associate project manager at Google and former School of Engineering and Applied Science student body president, Janie Zhang, SEAS ’26, has got the art of feature interviews down to a science.

In the final days of her tenure, former acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, announced the formation of a task force on shared governance, a committee charged with reviewing and clarifying the powers and duties of the University Senate.

The Barnard Student Government Association elections commission announced election results for the 2026-27 academic year in an April 22 email to the college’s student body. Of the 24 SGA positions up for election, six remain vacant.

University senators called on acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, at a Friday plenary to take action against administrators who were implicated in a March 10 independent report on the “institutional failures” that enabled Robert Hadden’s decadeslong assault of patients.