Columbia College Student Council unanimously passed a resolution on Jan. 26 supporting the appointment of two student trustees to the University’s board of trustees. The resolution calls for the addition of one undergraduate and one graduate student who would hold “full voting authority” as members of the board.

Columbia College Student Council and Campus Services are launching a yearlong pilot program to provide free menstrual products and contraceptives to students in 20 residence halls starting in January 2025. The program builds on a successful four-week pilot program last spring and comes after overwhelming student support for the initiative in the recent fall referendum.

After affirmative action was overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States in June 2023, Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Barnard each published statements addressing their plans to retain racial diversity.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University hosted an exhibition on Thursday and a symposium on Friday about international surveillance and censorship. The event, titled “Regardless of Frontiers: The First Amendment and the Exchange of Ideas Across Borders,” was held in Riverside Church.

The percentage of Hispanic/Latinx, Black/African American, and white first-year students at Barnard dropped from the class of 2027 to the class of 2028, according to the class of 2028 profile published on Monday. The percentage of Asian American first-year students increased significantly.