On Columbia’s and Barnard’s campuses, what clothes you wear make up more than just an outfit—they become a language. In this episode of Pod-Tone 292, reporter Sharanya Maulik explores how students navigate professional fashion while balancing cultural identity, industry expectations, and pressures tied to gender and race. Featuring conversations with students across disciplines and Anne Higonnet, the Barbara Novak professor of art history, this episode unpacks the archives, influence, and complexity behind looking “professional” at an Ivy League institution.

In this episode of the Sunday Story, reporters Namya Manghnani and Sharanya Maulik sat down with University News deputy editor Molly Bordoff to explore Columbia’s efforts to quietly change the Rules of University Conduct governing protest, which contribute to the ongoing challenges to the power of the University Senate.