Class Is in Session (Outdoors!)

A professor and several university students sit on grassy South Lawn and engage in a class circle setting with Pulitzer Hall and Dodge Hall in the background on a sunny spring day at Columbia University.

April 17, 2026

Open books, open sky! This beautiful spring weather has enticed classes to move outdoors to South Lawn. Learning is in full bloom! 

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