West Harlem residents are advised to stay indoors whenever possible as the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene sprays the neighborhood with pesticides to help control an ongoing outbreak of mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus.

The Campaign to Close Rikers coalition hosted a Countdown to Closing Rikers rally on Aug. 31, with the support of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a West Harlem-based environmental justice group. Rallygoers urged Mayor Eric Adams to close down the Rikers Island jail complex because of its harmful physical and emotional conditions.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget cuts to the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which went into effect on April 1, have left West Harlem community health centers straining to find options for patients to afford necessary medications.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center began surveying cancer patients last Monday to gauge interest in using telehealth services and assess who had access to it.

Advocates are calling for greater support for adolescent and young adult cancer patients in West Harlem, who they say currently lack sufficient support for their cancer treatment.

Fifteen Columbia College alumni and one General Studies alumnus are headed to countries around the world, from Azerbaijan to Colombia, next year as Fulbright scholars.

The department of art history and archaeology held its spring 2022 Senior Thesis Symposium last month. There, Lilly Jean Cao, CC ’22, presented their thesis on a controversial mural in the Goldman Sachs lobby.