Jeanine D’Armiento, chair of the University Senate executive committee, assured the University Senate in a prepared statement at the Friday plenary that the administration is actively working to prepare for “all eventualities” following the 2024 presidential election.

A revised version of Barnard’s political activity policy, now called the Partisan Political Campaign and Lobbying Policy, was approved and released to the Barnard community in a Nov. 1 email from Vice President and General Counsel Serena Longley, BC ’06.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz, professor emeritus at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency that provides health insurance coverage to more than 160 million Americans.

Public Safety launched a pilot program on Wednesday to remove Columbia ID access restrictions on most buildings during normal operating hours, a University spokesperson confirmed in a Thursday statement to Spectator.

Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, spoke at Barnard on Oct. 30 as part of an ongoing “Human Rights and Humanitarianism in Contemporary Conflict” lecture series.

The University Senate introduced a new dual degree program between the Climate School and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at the Friday plenary. No vote was required for the approval of the program because both degrees already exist.

The University Senate’s structure and operations committee proposed five revisions to the senate bylaws at a senate plenary meeting on Friday. The amendments aim to “strengthen governance and continuity” and include proposing to add a vice chair to the executive committee, clarifying chair term limits, and adjusting the timing of chair and vice-chair terms to align with the academic year.

Columbia awarded tenure to 68 faculty members across the University this month, including the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.