Kim Y. Lew will take over as chief executive officer of Columbia Investment Management Company in November, according to an announcement from University President Lee Bollinger at the end of last week. She will be the only Black woman heading an endowment investment company in the Ivy League.

The first member of the Barnard community has tested positive for coronavirus, Barnard President Sian Beilock confirmed in an email Wednesday night. The announcement added that the community “will continue to see a growing number of COVID-19 cases in the Barnard and Columbia community.”

The first member of the Columbia community has tested positive for COVID-19, University President Lee Bollinger announced in an email Sunday morning. In light of the growing number of confirmed cases in New York City and the looming threat of domestic travel restrictions, Columbia is now asking for a significant reduction of students in residence halls.

Following almost two decades of back-and-forth for union recognition, Columbia announced its decision to negotiate with the Graduate Workers of Columbia in November 2018. Negotiations started in February 2019, proceeding the creation of a 10-point outline of the conditions for collective bargaining. Notably, the bargaining framework includes an impending deadline: a clause that prevents the union from striking until April 6, 2020.

The chief executive officer of Columbia Investment Management Company, Peter Holland, is set to retire from his position in Sept. 30, according to a statement released by the University. IMC is a subsidiary of the University that manages the investment of Columbia’s $10.95 billion endowment.

Barnard will open its own satellite location for The Food Pantry at Columbia starting this spring semester, the members of the college’s Student Government Association announced Thursday afternoon.

The School of General Studies will now offer a dual degree program with Tel Aviv University in Israel, the University announced in an email on Thursday afternoon.

In order to inspire lasting change and shape the fundamental culture and climate of departments, a cohort of faculty and administrators have convened to tackle pervasive issues of harrassment and discrimination within Arts and Sciences, introducing bystander training workshops and revising hiring and promotion policies to enforce ideas of diversity and inclusion to create a “culture of respect” within academia.