Improv Club strengthens community through Kindness Week event
This semester's Kindness Week focused on both self love and selflessness.
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‘First Look’ features first-years in musical theatre production
“I feel cared for”: “First Look” provides a space for first-year musical theatre students to be a part of a production during their first semester at Columbia.
Pumpkin Pop-Up welcomes in the fall season at Columbia
The Student Programming Board is “setting the bar high” with their Pumpkin Pop-Up event, kicking off the fall season with several activities and live music.
Campus building at 33 E. Ida B. Wells to close on Saturdays starting this weekend
The building houses the School of Communication and Culture, the Center for Student Success, the Academic Center for Tutoring and Columbia’s student-run media outlets.
Some Columbia units reduce hours for student workers
The changes come as the college works to reduce its approximately $18 million projected operating deficit and follows a reduction in federal work-study funding for this year.
Columbia students return to bingo through new club
The new Bingo Club featured Grocery Bingo, giving students a place to turn the classic game into a night of competition, community and prizes.
‘We are not in the clear’: Columbia sees enrollment, retention gains
The college is showing signs of recovery after a historic enrollment decline, but its financial position remains serious. Total enrollment increased to 4,265 students for Fall 2026, according to figures presented at the State of the College on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Columbia Votes helps students navigate midterm voting
As students prepare for the November election, Columbia Votes is helping them navigate registration and voting from out of state.
Creative writing series ‘shocks into writerly awareness’
Writer Lisa Fishman, professor at the School of Communication and Culture, and alum Samantha Schaefer read from their work as part of the Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series.
Columbia community gives back through SGA blood drive
Students, faculty and staff donated blood Thursday, Oct. 1 in the Student Government Association’s biannual campus blood drive held in partnership with the American Red Cross.
DHS guidance restricts elective internships for international students
New federal guidance limits work authorization for F-1 students pursuing elective internships, affecting international students whose degree programs do not require internships. The rules were paused by federal Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV until a hearing on Friday, Oct. 2.