The Office of Financial Aid and Educational Financing is adjusting to recent changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid after the Department of Education altered the form for the 2024-25 academic year. The department’s changes will streamline the process, revise the aid determination methodology, and expand access to more federal grants and scholarships, according to the Federal Student Aid website.

Columbia Social Workers 4 Palestine organized a Wednesday teach-in and discussion titled “Significance of the October 7th Palestinian Counteroffensive” in the lobby of the Social Work Building on Wednesday. The event, which was originally planned to be held inside a classroom, had previously been canceled by the School of Social Work administration following online backlash.

The Barnard Center for Research on Women and the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia hosted “Ella Baker for the 21st Century,” a one-day symposium—featuring political activist and academic Angela Davis—held on Friday in the Diana Center Event Oval at Barnard. Over 300 people attended the symposium in person, and another 1000 attended through the online livestream.

Nearly two dozen Columbia student groups released public statements this week calling for student advocacy for Palestinian students and engagement with activism efforts on campus after the conflict in Israel and Gaza intensified over the weekend.

Teachers College professor Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study For Teaching Reading curriculum was once used in hundreds of New York City public schools and thousands of elementary schools nationwide.

Student leaders of LGBTQ groups on campus will meet Oct. 6 as part of an inaugural summit created by leaders of the General Studies Alliance, the primary LGBTQ student group for students in the School of General Studies.

Incoming first-years were the last class admitted under affirmative action following the Supreme Court’s decision to effectively end race-conscious admissions in June.

Growing up as a biracial person in the predominantly white, middle class suburb of Newark, Delaware, James Harvey Elliott II, GS ’23, said he did not understand race. Elliott recounted that his lack of awareness about race led him to act according to others’ expectations of him.

Three Columbia professors are among the 2023 awardees of the esteemed John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, which supports scholars and creatives with grants to work on individual projects. Announced on April 6, the professors will join a cohort of 171 individuals chosen from a pool of approximately 2,500 applicants.