Steven Lazickas (MPA, HRHP ‘21) calls for action following two years of bargaining between Columbia University and the Graduate Workers of Columbia, the labor union for academic student-workers on Columbia’s campus.
Read MoreAnya Schiffrin laments the loss of Columbia’s travel reimbursement process and sheds light on the intricate web of software in higher education.
Read MoreWhile Columbia is not the first college to pass divestment from companies supporting Israel’s occupation, it joins a growing list of U.S. colleges and universities, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which passed a divestment referendum just last week. Columbia follows in the footsteps of Barnard College, where students in April 2018 voted overwhelmingly in favor of a similar divestment referendum.
Read MoreDr. Raymond Givens, a cardiologist and professor at Columbia’s medical school, has been fighting to change the name of Bard Hall since early June. In August, University President Lee Bollinger announced that the dormitory would be renamed. Givens received no credit, and he says his inquiries to the University have gone largely unanswered.
Read MoreWatching the Columbia Lions can be an unglamorous but still unique college football experience
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