Campus & Community

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This page is dedicated to stories about Columbia's campus and community. From student, staff, and faculty profiles to interesting events happening on campus and in our surrounding neighborhoods, here is where you can find the latest about what's happening on and around Columbia's campuses. 

Story Highlight

Paris 2024 Olympics
Here Are All the Paris Olympics-Bound Columbia Athletes That We Know So Far

The 2024 Olympic Games will be held this summer, from July 26 to August 11. While many athletes are still qualifying, we've already heard about some Columbia Lions who are headed to Paris to compete.

With the help of Columbia Athletics, we've compiled a list of every Columbian that we know is headed to the Olympics, what sport they'll compete in, and what team they'll be representing.

 

Photo of the Week

Grey Glacier in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park photo by Josephine Parr for Columbia Climate School
This Beautiful Planet

Grey Glacier in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park photo by Josephine Parr for Columbia Climate School and #ColumbiaBeautifulPlanet.

QUIZ

MArch Madness at Levien
The Columbia News Quiz: March Madness Edition

Test yourself with questions on Pi Day celebrations, electric fish at the Zuckerman Institute, and the Battle of the Dining Halls. Let's see how much you remember from the month of March.

COLUMBIA HISTORY

A collage of Dwight D Eisenhower with the Alma Mater statue
How Dwight D. Eisenhower Helped Shape NATO While President of Columbia

On April 4, 1949, the newly formed North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), represented by delegates from the US, Canada, and ten European countries, signed a collective security pact. Four years after the end of a war that killed thirty-nine million Europeans, the twelve nations negotiated an all-for-one, one-for-all agreement with the declared intention to check Soviet expansion, bolster Europe’s defenses, and prevent German remilitarization.

At Columbia, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ’47HON, the five-star general who led the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II, was closely following events. Eisenhower had become president of Columbia less than a year earlier, succeeding Nicholas Murray Butler, who resigned in 1945 after forty-four years.

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CUFF
Columbia University Film Festival

MAY 9 - 13

Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) is excited to bring five days of dynamic programming highlighting the thesis work of the Film MFA Program. We are having the screenings on campus at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. Join us for Screenwriting Night which will open our festival at Playwright’s Horizons, and Awards Night will close the festival at the Paris Theater to acknowledge the winning films. 

Not only are we offering these in-person events and screenings, we are also offering a chance to watch the films virtually on the Eventive platform. Tickets for Screenwriting Night, Awards Night, and a virtual screening pass are all $15.

More Stories

Is there any more delightful sight across Columbia's campuses than a puppy bounding with endless enthusiasm?

If you live Uptown and are looking to visit a farmers market near you, we’ve got you covered.

Suggestions for where to find art, music, and more around Columbia.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, alongside elected officials and local leaders in education, made a classroom visit in late July.

These fierce felines are doing the Columbia Lions proud.

This summer has been scorching, but Columbians have been keeping cool at movie theaters, in city parks, and conducting research on the frozen tundr

Whether heading out on a summer road trip or looking for some audio accompaniment on your commute, we've got you covered with great podcast storyte

Columbia scientists played a substantial role in the Manhattan Project and in the research that preceded it.

When you’re looking to beat the heat in a movie theater this summer, keep an eye out for Columbians in the credits.

Summer is here, but Columbians are still winning awards, publishing books, and weighing in on current events.

The semester may have ended, but that doesn't mean things are slowing down at Columbia.

Sylvester Benson’s student group has written letters of support to hospital patients, individuals in prison, and fellow students.