With a $10 million donation from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Columbia World Projects announced on Monday the creation of a new center, the Center for Political Economy, which will bring together faculty to “reimagine an economy that is fairer and more inclusive.”

Caroline Marvin, a lecturer and director of academic affairs in the psychology department, has been appointed as the new School of General Studies dean of academic affairs, General Studies Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch announced on Wednesday in an email to students.

Students who returned to campus this fall are among the first to benefit from a number of recent enhancements to undergraduate financial aid. The changes, announced by the Office of the Provost in late April, made Columbia—whose sticker price remains one of the highest, if not the most expensive, in the country—more accessible to middle-class students, who have long been underrepresented at selective colleges and universities.

Gerald Lewis Jr. has been appointed the next vice president for Public Safety, stepping into the role nine months after James McShane’s retirement, Executive Vice President for University Facilities and Operations David Greenberg announced in an email to the University community today.