Finnish President Alexander Stubb spoke Thursday at the World Leaders Forum, where he discussed the future of international cooperation in an “extremely chaotic” world, drawing from the themes of his recent book, “The Triangle of Power.”

When Susan Witte was invited to cochair the working group for Columbia’s first Universitywide employee climate survey in August 2025, she saw an opportunity to give faculty and staff a chance to surface what they had long felt but rarely been asked about: their experiences working at the University.

When Liam Smith, SEAS ’28, arrived at Columbia for admitted students day, he ended up in a brief conversation with professor Mike Massimino, SEAS ’84, a former NASA astronaut and faculty adviser for the Columbia Space Initiative, about a student satellite mission underway on campus.

The response came four days after the interview—unusual for Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley startup accelerator, which typically responds to its applicants on the same day. By then, Shaivi Rau, CC ’26, and Elena Zhao, SEAS ’26, had already read every Reddit thread they could find on the firm and sent what Rau called a “strongly worded email” to make their case. Then, a reply landed in their inboxes on Dec. 22, 2025: “Are you free at 4 p.m. for a call?”

Barnard will begin a two-year transition to new student information system Workday Student as part of Barnard President Laura Rosenbury’s broader push to modernize college infrastructure, she announced in an email to the Barnard community earlier this month.

Under blue lights and bright white projections of the Columbia crown at Cipriani 42nd Street, Columbia College awarded four of its alumni the John Jay Award on March 4, which recognizes graduates for distinguished professional achievement.