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There’s just no one way to do Columbia University right. Some students find their footing in a favorite library by week two. Others find it at a buzzing coffee shop that’s three subway lines from campus, or working in a lab past midnight, or in a game of ultimate frisbee on the lawns.
This year, we’re just going to call it what it is: you are on an adventure, an odyssey. New city, new campus, new people, and a whole year (or years) of choices ahead of you.
Let’s just say we were influenced by the blockbuster film adaptation this summer. Or our Lit Hum professors’ takes on it, seeing as Homer’s epic is a part of every student’s first-year curriculum in the Core.
We’ve got you covered with plenty of guides on how to navigate your journey. Think: where to go, how to connect with people, and how to make the most of your time here.
Whether you’re new or returning, what do you want to know about Columbia as you start the school year?
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.
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First piece of advice? “I really need my students to fail in front of me.”
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Allia Mohamed (SIPA’18) co-founded the startup Openigloo with fellow Columbians to help New Yorkers vet their landlords. Here’s her advice for making connections here that could define your career from the very start.
Associate Professor of Computer Science Brian A. Smith has four Columbia degrees. How did he find his path, and what advice does he have for the rest of us, who are looking for one as well?
Stephanie Farmer, the founder of Ms. Steph’s Science Club and longtime Harlem resident and Columbia Community Service grantee, shares her advice for tapping into the local community for those new to the area.
Everything you need to know (plus some of the secrets you should know) to supercharge your time at any one of Columbia's 18 libraries.
The General Studies student and New York City Ballet dancer Kennedy Targosz shares what it was like performing alongside Olivia Rodrigo.
Your first year at Columbia can feel like a puzzle. Lucky for us, Matty Hiroto Inaba (CC’29) is a champion solver who is about to start his second year and he’s got some great advice for quickly making Columbia your own.
Ten Years In: How the Columbia Center for Community Health’s InTOuCH Program Became a National Model
Over its first decade, the center estimates it has touched more than 100,000 lives through its health screening events, led by community health workers trained in the InTOuCH program.
The current vice chancellor for development at the UNC-Chapel Hill, he comes to Columbia with more than three decades of experience and demonstrated success in transformational university fundraising.
This July, Columbia welcomed its new president while faculty members earned important research funding and discussed a certain summer blockbuster. Test your knowledge of the latest news stories across the University!
Donations from 450 faculty, staff, and retirees of Columbia, Barnard, and Teachers College funded almost $250,000 in grants to 47 local nonprofits serving Harlem and Morningside Heights.
