A student petition published on Friday calling for Columbia to immediately remove Joseph Massad, a tenured professor in the department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, from its faculty has garnered more than 47,000 signatures as of Monday night.

Columbia has released a new website for undergraduates to find research opportunities across the University’s 21 schools.

Actor Matt Damon and Water.org CEO Gary White discussed water access and microfinance with University President Minouche Shafik in the Low Library Rotunda at the World Leaders Forum on Thursday.

Columbia ranked fifth in the Wall Street Journal’s 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking, a jump-up from the No. 16 spot in The Journal’s last list in 2022.

Columbia announced plans for a new global center in Tel Aviv to “build on its existing collaborations in Israel and facilitate further engagement and partnerships,” according to a Monday press release from Columbia Global.

Five Columbia College alumni were awarded the 2023 John Jay Award, one of the University’s most prestigious awards, for their “distinguished professional achievements.”

Since last February, professor Michael Thaddeus has been called plenty of things.