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
Sometimes, a year moves so fast it is hard to remember all the great things that happened. That is certainly the case with the past 12 months at Columbia, where research breakthroughs, insightful writing, student achievements, and incredible partnerships yielded exciting news throughout the year.
We encourage you to look back over the past 12 months with us as we make sense of the year by returning to the top 12 stories that resonated with our readers.
Thank you for keeping up with all things Columbia alongside us this year! Here's to a 2025 with even more greatness.
Photo of the Week
Students and faculty returned to our campuses this week for the spring semester. We're excited that you are back, and hoping for warmer weather ahead. Have a great semester, everyone!
COLUMBIA HISTORY
The inaugural Zora Neale Hurston Summit (Jan. 31 – Feb. 1) will soon bring hundreds of excited Hurston fans to campus to celebrate her anthropological, literary, and theatrical legacy. Simultaneously, the three-year Zora Neale Hurston Centennial (2025-2028) is kicking off, in recognition of her time at Barnard as the first Black student and the College’s 100 Years of Black Students at Barnard celebration.
To mark this momentous occasion, Barnard is looking back at the myriad ways members of the community have been in conversation with Hurston’s work—from projects inspired by her, to conferences and courses created in her name.
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Cody O’Ferrall worked as a fisherman in Alaska before studying here. Now he's building a boat to clear urban ponds of algae.
Columbians hit the ground running in 2025, taking home major awards and contributing to groundbreaking research.
GSAPP student Pimchid Chariyacharoen wants to integrate urban food production and biological cycles to make cities more self-sufficient and sustain
Johnny Sturgeon is reporting on maritime life while at the Journalism School.
Columbia Squash champion Simmi Chan recommends catching a Broadway show, and perhaps an opera as well.
Test your knowledge of 2024 at the University with questions on Olympic medalists, our new president, cutting edge research at Columbia, and much m
MBA student Yaniv Yatziv aims high both professionally and personally.
Take a look back at some of the visual highlights of 2024 from across the Columbia community.
From a deep dive into the whale who played Free Willy to a treatise on censorship and surveillance on the border, add these to your queue.
Fiction, nonfiction, memoir, history, sports, essays—we’ve got you covered with this diverse list of books.
What stories grabbed the attention of our readers in 2024? The results may surprise you.
The latest announcement from Interim President Katrina Armstrong on Columbia's Campus Collaborative and additional community-building initiatives.
