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2 months ago | 
chronicle.com | Alissa Gary |Maddie Khaw |Maya Stahl |Jasper Smith
Five days after the Education Department sent out a bombshell letter on race and diversity, college leaders are still contending with which, if any, policies and programs need to be altered, and what to tell their communities in the meantime.
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2 months ago | 
chronicle.com | Alissa Gary |Maya Stahl
College campuses are on higher alert about immigration enforcement than they’ve been in years.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Shea Vance |Maya Stahl
Barnard will contribute less to faculty and staff benefits in 2025 as it works to recover from a projected $252 million in debt and a growing deficit, Barnard President Laura Rosenbury announced at a faculty meeting on Nov. 11. The cuts are part of a larger plan to improve the college’s financial situation as it faces a negative financial outlook for fiscal year 2025.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Maya Stahl
“If you’re going to be growing leaders in their fields, which is what we see at Barnard, women who go out and are really leaders in whatever field they choose, that you have to have a pattern of care for yourself that adjusts as your responsibilities adjust at different stages of your life,” Catallozzi said.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Maya Stahl
Rosenbury announced “structural changes” to Barnard’s administrative makeup by consolidating offices in her June email to faculty and administrative staff. Rosenbury announced “structural changes” to Barnard’s administrative makeup by consolidating offices in her June email to faculty and administrative staff.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Maya Stahl |Shea Vance
The “Liberation Sukkah” is open to all individuals as the holiday “is about welcoming the stranger,” a flyer distributed on Math lawns reads. The “Liberation Sukkah” is open to all individuals as the holiday “is about welcoming the stranger,” a flyer distributed on Math lawns reads. A group of anti-Zionist Jewish students began building a “Liberation Sukkah” on Math lawns at around 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, the first night of the Jewish holiday Sukkot.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Audrea Chen |Maya Stahl |Emily Pickering |Sarah Huddleston
The settlement was reached “amicably” under the condition that she is “ineligible for rehire” at Columbia, according to the memorandum of agreement between her and the University, a copy of which was obtained by Spectator. Clara C. is one of at least four “retaliatory firings” of Columbia and Barnard staff members for participating in pro-Palestinian protests on campus, according to a petition signed by over 300 community members, unions, and organizations published on Sept. 26. Clara C.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Maya Stahl
The petition calls upon the University to reinstate all fired workers and provide compensation. The petition calls upon the University to reinstate all fired workers and provide compensation. The petition, which was published on Sept. 26, highlights Clara C., an anonymized former administrative assistant in a Columbia language department and union member of United Auto Workers Local 2110, who was allegedly terminated for “visiting” the “ Gaza Solidarity Encampment ” on April 18.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Maya Stahl
Barnard faculty members passed two statements that call on the college to restore privileges for student protesters awaiting disciplinary adjudication and oppose the college’s enforcement of new policies, the Office of the Provost wrote in a Sept. 12 email to faculty. The statements passed with an overwhelming majority of eligible faculty who participated in the vote. The voting results follow a Sept.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Maya Stahl
On Thursday, the faculty voted with an overwhelming majority to approve two statements opposing the college’s enforcement of new policies and calling on student privileges to be restored to student protesters awaiting disciplinary adjudication. On Thursday, the faculty voted with an overwhelming majority to approve two statements opposing the college’s enforcement of new policies and calling on student privileges to be restored to student protesters awaiting disciplinary adjudication. In a Sept.
