A message of community and solidarity, signed by the deans of the undergraduate schools at Columbia, was sent to the undergraduate community.
Eighteen Columbia College affiliates have received 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Student grants.
The Academic Awards Committee of Columbia College recently awarded professors Saidiya Hartman and Audra Simpson the Lionel Trilling Book Award and Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching, respectively.
Sophia Ahmed CC’21 find renewed use for used goggles during the COVID-19 pandemic through their “EyeAid” initiative.
Columbia College held its first-ever Virtual Class Day to celebrate the Class of 2020.
Columbia University announced plans to expand next year’s academic calendar to take advantage of three terms of equal length (fall, spring and summer), in order to offer flexible opportunities for students to attain their educational goals and to increase the likelihood of in-person classes.
Abigail Hickman CC’21 and Arianna Menzelos CC’21 have been awarded Udall Scholarships.
Anna Beloborodova CC’21 and other College students launch Hearts Over Hands, a volunteer organization that virtually matches university students with families nationwide who are in need of childcare support.
Kara Schechtman CC’19 and Hamed Nilforoshan CC’19 have been selected to be a part of the 2020 cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, a premier scholars program at Stanford University.
Georgia Essig CC’20, a computer science major with a concentration in Russian language and culture, and Ariana Mao CC’20, a double major in sociology and economics, have been named valedictorian and salutatorian respectively, the top academic honors for the Columbia College Class of 2020.