Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, has replaced Katrina Armstrong as acting University president, board of trustees chair David Greenwald, Law ’83, announced in a Friday evening email. Shipman served ...

At the Columbia Plasma Physics Lab, researchers are tackling one of the most pressing challenges in creating clean energy: making nuclear fusion a viable power source. Unlike nuclear fission—the type ...

Barnard released admission decisions for the class of 2029 on Wednesday, but in a break from tradition, did not announce its acceptance rate or number of applicants. Last year, Barnard accepted 7 ...

Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science admitted 4.29 percent of applicants for the class of 2029, accepting 2,557 students from a pool of 59,616 applications. The schools ...

It’s that time of the semester—midterm season is here. And you know what the Columbia legend says: Once they start, they never end. As the Spectrum staff, we wish we had a foolproof guide to help you ...

Over 50 demonstrators gathered at the Sundial and outside Columbia’s 116th Street and Broadway gates on Monday as part of an “informational picket” organized by Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto ...

The letter that the University submitted in response to the Trump administration’s demands fails to rise to the gravity of the authoritarian moment we are experiencing. A federal administration with ...

U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, Law ’04, of the Southern District of New York held a hearing on Tuesday over whether to extend a March 20 order blocking Columbia and Barnard from sharing student ...

Yunseo Chung, CC ’26, filed a lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trump and other top federal officials over efforts to deport her, citing a breach of her First Amendment rights, among others.

The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Barnard for discrimination involving shared ancestry. The OCR published its investigation announcement on “List of ...

Rumeysa Ozturk, TC ’20, a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, was moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Basile, ...

For the third time in two years, Columbia has a new University president. Katrina Armstrong stepped down from her post as interim University president effective immediately and will be returning to ...