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
When she was just nine years old, Savona Bailey-McClain went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first time on a field trip with her elementary school in the Bronx. She vividly remembers her mother tenderly loaning her a scarf and special pin for the trip. When she got there, everything changed: seeing and thinking about art became core to her identity.
Decades later, as a young woman settled in Harlem and working full-time at a mental health clinic for children, still taking every chance she got to immerse herself in the art world, she noticed something: People she met every day felt shut out by museums and galleries, intimidated before they even reached the front door.
“I never could quite understand why people were so intimidated,” Bailey-McClain told Columbia Neighbors. “It is a very American problem, and I just said, ‘What if I helped to bring art into the open public space where people could see it every day?’”
Photo of the Week
This past year, 450 Columbia, Barnard, and Teachers College employees and retirees generously donated nearly $250,000 for grants distributed to 47 local nonprofits to combat hunger, provide crucial social services, champion arts and culture, and bridge educational gaps for local youth in STEM, literacy, and the arts.
COLUMBIA HISTORY
In the northeast corner of campus, Constantin Meunier’s sculpture Le Marteleur greets visitors in front of the home of the engineering school. Le Marteleur or the Hammerman was a gift of the Class of 1889 of the School of Mines (now the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science) installed all the way back in 1914. But did you know that the statue has moved multiple times over the years? And not always easily or willingly.
KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
Did you know we have a biweekly newsletter filled with Campus & Community content you might not find anywhere else, delivered straight to your inbox?
Find the most recent editions here. And make sure you subscribe to receive the newsletter in your inbox every other Wednesday.
Out and About
More Stories
Melanie Bernitz and Marcy Ferdschneider invite Columbia students to share their experiences through the LENS Survey before March 13.
While the winter weather slowed many of us down, Columbia athletes, astronomers, and archivists were making their mark. Test your knowledge of the latest news stories across the University!
For the fourth consecutive year, students from all four CUIMC schools traveled to Albany to deepen their understanding of the New York state legislative process.
The Feb. 12 event, hosted by Columbia Dining, featured recipes from her cookbook “K-Quick: Korean Food in 30 Minutes or Less.”
Columbians will take part in the global celebration of sport in Italy.
We love love, but we especially enjoy love stories—romantic and platonic—that got their start at Columbia University.
The new year started with a bang at Columbia, with the naming of a new President-designate and major accomplishments in sports, science, and the arts. Test your knowledge of the latest news stories across the University!
School of the Arts student Alejandro Valencia likes the intensity of New York—as well as occasionally leaving it.
For Felipe Gatos, the future of business is all about social impact as well as climate and resilience.
Join Columbia’s chapter of ColorStack, a nonprofit that helps minority computer science students.
A high of 23°F set the pace: hats on, hands in pockets, and a collective speed-race into the first day of classes of the spring semester.
Emily Mei-Mei Taw’s wide-ranging interests led her to the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP).
