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Tag: Columbia University
African-American
Columbia University to Offer Six Additional Graduation Ceremonies for Different Races, Ethnicities and Others
Columbia University will offer six additional graduation ceremonies based on race, ethnicity and other self-identifying factors of undergrad students, USA Today reported. The new options are Native, Asian, Latino and Black, Lavender (for LGBTQ+ students) and first-generation and low-income. These events – open to all students – are in addition to the university-wide commencement ceremony. […]
March 17, 2021
Students
Columbia University Grad Students and Student Workers Go on Strike
Thousands of Columbia University graduate students and student workers went on strike Monday – and are continuing to strike – after negotiations with the school proved unsuccessful again, the New York Post reported. Students’ demands include higher wages, improved benefits and a system to better investigate sexual harassment and discrimination allegations. According to the Graduate […]
March 16, 2021
COVID-19
Columbia University Students Withhold Tuition Payments, Demand Cost Reduction
More than 1,000 Columbia University students are not yet paying this semester’s tuition, demanding that the school reduce its cost amid financial difficulties and remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NBC News reported. The tuition strike began last Friday as semester payments were due. Those striking – undergraduate and graduate students – are calling for at least a […]
January 28, 2021
News Roundup
Columbia University Life Executive Vice President Suzanne Goldberg Joins Biden Administration
Columbia University Executive Vice President for University Life Suzanne Goldberg will be stepping down from her role and taking a temporary leave of absence as law school faculty to join the Biden-Harris administration, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported. It is unclear what Goldberg’s role in the administration will be. Her Chief of Staff Radhika Patel, […]
January 21, 2021
News Roundup
Vice President at Columbia University Charged with Aggravated Sex Assault
Marcelo Velez, vice president for Manhattanville Development at Columbia University, has been charged with aggravated sex assault – and other counts – for allegedly engaging in sex acts with a child under 13 in New Jersey, NBC New York reported. The prosecutor’s office in New Jersey is alleging that the married, 55-year-old man’s abuse of […]
January 6, 2021
COVID-19
Columbia University Suspends MBA Students for International Travel
At least 70 MBA students have been temporarily banned from Columbia University’s campus for traveling during COVID-19. The group took a trip to Turks and Caicos, a violation of the school’s travel policy, which prohibits both domestic and international travel. “All academic- or work-related travel, domestic or international, is suspended,” the university’s website reads. The […]
November 23, 2020
News Roundup
Columbia University Marching Band Votes to Disband Amid Misconduct Allegations
The Columbia University Marching Band has voted to disband on Saturday evening after 116 years of performing, making controversial jokes, and disputing with Columbia’s administration and students, The Columbia Spectator reported. Efforts to disband the marching band began when former and current members penned a letter to the club’s leadership, calling for the club’s dissolution […]
September 15, 2020
African-American
Howard, Columbia Collaborate on Reparations Project
The U.S. African American Redress Network was created when the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University teamed up to spotlight the numerous local reparations initiatives across the nation and be a resource in support of such efforts.
August 16, 2020
African-American
Campus Police Are Under Scrutiny for Racial Profiling. It Isn’t the First Time
As protests continue across the U.S. in memory of George Floyd, a Black man in Minnesota who died after an officer pinned his neck to the ground, the country is embarking on a national conversation about racism in policing, causing universities to reflect on their own campus policing practices.
June 12, 2020
Community Colleges
Why Flexibility in Credit Transfers Is Crucial for Equity in a Post-COVID-19 World
Higher education groups have urged four-year institutions to revamp how they evaluate credits earned by students transferring campuses, saying both four-year and two-year colleges must ensure that more credits count toward baccalaureate degrees, especially in a post-coronavirus economy.
May 18, 2020
African-American
Black Columbia U Professor Driving in Vermont Told ‘to Leave’ State
Last Friday, a Black man driving in Vermont in a vehicle with New York plates was reportedly flagged down and told “to leave” the state by drivers of two vehicles, said a Vermont police press statement. According to The Grio, the man who was flagged down is Christopher L. Brown, a professor at Columbia University. […]
May 14, 2020
COVID-19
During the Pandemic, Some Universities Are Aiding Small Businesses Around Campus
Some wealthy universities are helping small businesses around their campuses keep afloat as the coronavirus pandemic hits these enterprises’ bottom line, said a Bloomberg report on Crain’s New York Business. For instance, Colgate University, Williams College and Yale University have waived rent on commercial spaces they own. Columbia University in New York has done the […]
April 3, 2020
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