Columbia informed resident advisers of changes to the 2024-25 Student Leader Agreement in a Feb. 8 email, after agreements had been sent to RAs and in advance of the University’s first bargaining sessions with the union.

Columbia Postdoctoral Workers-United Auto Workers voted on Tuesday to ratify a tentative agreement with the University, with 88.4 percent of the 891 total votes in favor of the new contract and 84 percent membership participation in the voting process.

As students, faculty, and guests gathered on Low Steps on Wednesday for Minouche Shafik’s inauguration as the 20th University president, the area beneath them on College Walk and South Lawn flooded with hundreds of marching and chanting protesters.

Barnard awarded $25,000 to six grants for research and projects pertaining to reproductive health. The inaugural Reproductive Health Grant, awarded to 13 recipients total, was announced after the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Lizzie Clark, CC ’23, sent a text to the Columbia Resident Adviser group chat in March 2022 expressing concern about low wages. It was this text that inspired Leena Yumeen, CC ’23, to spend her final year at Columbia forming a union.

Daphna Shohamy has been appointed codirector and CEO of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, University President Lee Bollinger announced in an email to the community on Monday. Shohamy will join codirector Richard Axel and replace former codirector Eric Kandel, who retired in 2022. She will be the first woman to hold either role as the institute celebrates its 10th anniversary.

Ertharin Cousin, former executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme, spoke at Columbia Climate School’s final Signature Speaker Series event of the semester on Tuesday. Cousin’s speech, titled “Food Systems Transformation- Why We Are All Responsible,” was followed by a reception in Faculty House.

The Barnard community gathered in the Diana Center Event Oval for a reception on Monday evening to celebrate the work and legacy of President Sian Beilock.

Being Barnard and Feel Well, Do Well @ Barnard hosted the 17th annual Jeanne Clery Lecture Series, titled the “The Importance of Intersectionality: Considering the Role of Diverse Identities in the Dialogue on Sexual Assault,” on Wednesday, April 12. The lecture was one component of Barnard’s 22nd annual recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

The Office of the Provost last Tuesday announced plans to partner with Southern University and A&M College in Columbia’s first universitywide partnership with an HBCU.