Larry Lawrence, GS ’69, Business ’71, venture capitalist and chair emeritus of the School of General Studies’ board of visitors, will serve as the General Studies Class Day speaker for the class of 2026, General Studies Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch, GS/JTS ’90, announced in a Thursday email to the school’s students.

A coalition of student organizations, including the Columbia chapter of Sunrise Movement, hosted a “Week of Action” starting March 30, featuring a rally and daily mutual aid tabling. The event raised more than $3,400 to support displaced families and affected individuals in the Middle East.

Columbia and Barnard scored a C and B, respectively, on the Anti-Defamation League’s 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card—an improvement from the schools’ D grades in 2024 and 2025.

Four Columbia students were selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship in 2026, marking the University’s highest number of recipients since 2011.