Academics

2011-12 in Review: Columbia launches new global centers, programs for undergraduates

Three years after the first centers opened in Amman and Beijing, Columbia "turned a corner on this global centers initiative" this year, Vice President for Global Centers Ken Prewitt said.

By Melissa von Mayrhauser | May 6 01:18 pm ET

General Studies adds Global Core requirement

General Studies students will be required to take two Global Core courses, bringing GS' academic requirements further into line with Columbia College's.

By Jeremy Budd | May 2 09:34 pm ET

47 students, alums win fellowships

Forty-seven Columbia students and alumni won fellowships this academic year, ranging from a Churchill Fellowship, to a Marshall Scholarhship, to Fulbright grants.

By Ben Gittelson | Apr 30 08:02 am ET

Graduate school seeks to create interdisciplinary master's program

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is seeking University Senate approval for a new interdisciplinary master’s program which would allow students to individualize their courses of study.

By Margaret Mattes | Apr 30 07:11 am ET

Bollinger to co-chair national committee on tech in education

University President Lee Bollinger will play a key role in determining how secondary schools can incorporate new technologies as a co-chair of the LEAD Commission.

By Steven Lau | Apr 30 06:45 am ET

SEAS forms partnership with Turkish university

SEAS and Bogazici University in Istanbul established an undergraduate exchange program. Students will begin studying abroad in fall of 2012.

By Shayna Orens | Apr 26 06:31 am ET

Stringer talks role of small-scale politics at urbanism panel

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer argued that Columbia’s campus expansion would have been impossible without input from community boards. “They give neighborhoods a say in their own futures,” he said.

By Avantika Kumar | Apr 24 03:00 am ET

4 student artists, poets win Core Scholars Program prize

Rowan Buchanan, CC ’12, Marian Guerra, CC ’14, Gabriela Pelsinger, CC ’15, and Anneke Solomon, CC ’15, were named winners of the Core Scholars Program,

By Jeremy Budd | Apr 23 03:13 am ET

Former New York Public Library president to direct Paris global center

Paul LeClerc will oversee the center as it seeks to expand its academic offerings and forge ties with campus cultural houses.

By Melissa von Mayrhauser | Apr 23 03:04 am ET

Panel considers future of the American college

Andrew Delbanco, the director of the Center for American Studies, said that the “idea of college as a place for reflection, a place where you can take a breath—that’s not happening very much anymore.”

By Jeremy Budd | Apr 20 04:57 am ET

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