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College Leads Again on Columbia Giving Day!

November 6, 2014

This year’s event took place on October 29 and more than 1,200 College-related donors — comprising alumni, parents, students, staff and friends — contributed a record-breaking total of $3.09 million, a passionate show of support to continuing to build the best undergraduate experience for our students.

Ai-jen Poo CC’96 Wins 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant

October 17, 2014

Poo is the co-founder and former lead organizer of Domestic Workers United, an organization that mobilizes and unifies domestic workers to legislate for worker rights. 

Giving Day is October 29

October 16, 2014

Now in its third consecutive year, Columbia Giving Day is your chance to help change lives that change the world.

Homecoming 2014: Picnic Under the Big Tent and Homecoming Carnival

October 14, 2014

Join the Columbia College Alumni Association as we gather classmates, families and friends together to celebrate, at the pre-game Picnic under the Big Tent at Homecoming!

A Campus Conversation on Sexual Assault

October 8, 2014

Information on Columbia’s progress surrounding gender-based misconduct.

Demetre Daskalakis CC’95 Changes the City’s Approach to H.I.V./AIDS

August 11, 2014

The newly appointed assistant health commissioner of the Bureau of H.I.V./AIDS Prevention and Control is combining his medical know-how with his on-the-street approach to heath crises to transform how New York handles H.I.V/AIDS issues.

Double Discovery Center Continues to Serve Our Community

August 1, 2014

Fifty summers ago, two Columbia College undergraduates — Roger Lehecka CC’67, GSAS’74 and Steven Weinberg CC’66, GSAPP’68 — had an idea for making their community a better place. 

Wm. Theodore de Bary CC’41, GSAS’53 Selected for a National Humanities Medal

July 29, 2014

Wm. Theodore de Bary CC’41, GSAS’53 is one of 10 2013 National Humanities Medalists.A scholar of East Asian studies, de Bary has spent his career at Columbia, teaching generations of Columbians and furthering knowledge of East Asian cultures. 

Young Alumni Gather at the Summer Happy Hour Series

July 25, 2014

The June event at the Empire Hotel’s rooftop bar had drink specials and spectacular NYC views for the more than 300 young alumni attendees, and the July event (coming this Wednesday, July 30) promises to be a great time with an open bar in the Times Square Sky Room. 

Reunion 2014: A Weekend to Remember

June 19, 2014

The event brought together Columbians of all generations for dinners, campus tours, wine tasting and opportunities to relive the Core experience.