Barnard reopened select campus entrances to Barnard and Columbia ID holders following the completion of new perimeter security upgrades, Kelli Murray, Barnard executive vice president for strategy and chief administrative officer, announced in a March 2 email to the Barnard community

When Sofia Garcia-Nunez, SEAS ’30, opened her early decision acceptance letter from Columbia, she said it felt like years of hard work had finally paid off: “a confirmation of all the things you built throughout high school finally being materialized.”

The Institute for Global Politics and the Harriman Institute hosted a panel on Thursday examining the Russia-Ukraine war as negotiators continued discussions in Abu Dhabi, weeks shy of the four-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Facing operating deficits exceeding $20 million in back-to-back fiscal years, Barnard has implemented a series of aggressive measures, including sweeping staff layoffs, restricting cross enrollment at Columbia, and a tuition hike that placed Barnard among the most expensive colleges in the United States. Those efforts appear to have worked.

The newly renovated Li Lu Law Library has opened, with the school marking the multimillion dollar expansion during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 5.

Columbia’s military ball, brought together nearly 700 attendees for an evening of speeches, dinner, and dancing at the annual event at Pier 60 on Nov. 14, marking the largest number of guests in the event’s history, according to a Nov. 19 news release.

Columbia reported the highest endowment return among the Ivy League in fiscal year 2025 at 12.4 percent, marking the highest annual return on the University’s endowment since 2021.

Columbia’s endowment rose to $15.9 billion in fiscal year 2025, marking a 12.4 percent return on its endowment, the University announced Thursday. The endowment increased by 7.43 percent compared to fiscal year 2024.