Dr. Albert J.Thompson, CC ’54, the current Columbia record-holder for the shot put, passed away on Oct. 6, surrounded by his family. He was 89.

Columbia men’s soccer came into its third Ivy League matchup of the season this Saturday still searching for its first win since Sept. 3. Despite efforts to turn things around, the Lions continued to struggle early on after a Princeton goal in the 16th minute.

Following a difficult September with only one win for Columbia men’s soccer, the Lions looked to turn things around on Saturday night in their first Ivy League match of the season against Brown. Despite winning their previous three matchups against the Bears, the team continued to struggle on Saturday night, falling 1-0.

In its final matchup before Ivy League play begins, the men’s soccer team failed to tie the game back up after an early goal from Iona College. The Lions, who have not won a game since their home opener against George Washington University, have recently struggled to find the back of the net. Including Saturday’s loss, the Light Blue has remained scoreless in its last four games, resulting in a 411-minute goal drought.

The Columbia men’s soccer team (1-1-1, 0-0 Ivy) fought for 110 minutes in a double-overtime 2-2 draw against Manhattan on Friday night.

John Tanguay, CC ‘20, was the last  of the 13 Columbia Lions to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Tanguay and his crew had a successful finish, earning a silver medal for Team USA in the Final A race and making history as the first Columbia Lion to bring home an Olympic medal in rowing.

Located in the northwest corner of campus, Dodge Fitness Center is the hub of physical education and recreational fitness on Columbia’s grounds. Students can walk past Havemeyer Hall and down a set of stairs that will lead them to the gym, which is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends.

When the pandemic canceled baseball’s 2020 season, two of the team’s best hitters did not have to look far to find a way to keep improving.

Despite accounting for about 50 percent of the population, women are vastly underrepresented in the professional coaching environment. As recently as 2012, no women worked as coaches for the NBA, NFL, NHL, or MLB.