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In its continued efforts to extend its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, the college is implementing a new Social Justice Initiative.

[Photo] New Social Justice Initiative joins college’s call for change

By Mateusz Janik, Senior Reporter
February 9, 2021
Vaccinations will be available at Columbia for those who are eligible per the four phases based on state and city guidelines, but it will not be required.

[Photo] BREAKING: Columbia will serve as a vaccination site for employees, students

January 21, 2021
President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim and members of his cabinet answered students' questions about the upcoming Spring and Fall 2021 semesters during a student forum over Zoom.

[Photo] President and cabinet talk testing, enrollment and another Zoom commencement

By Kendall Polidori and Paige Barnes
December 18, 2020
During the Faculty Senate's last meeting of the semester, members discussed plans for the Spring 2021 semester.

[Photo] Faculty Senate says COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandatory for Spring 2021 semester

By Amina Sergazina, Staff Reporter
December 18, 2020

A socially distanced education 4,544 miles away from home

By Mengshin Lin, Camilla Forte, and Ignacio Calderon
December 18, 2020
Columbia's Student Center has been recognized in three separate awards this year.

[Photo] Student Center wins two awards from American Institute of Architects Chicago

By Amina Sergazina, Staff Reporter
December 11, 2020
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[Photo] BREAKING: College updates COVID-19 response, requires negative test before traveling students return

By Kendall Polidori, Co-Editor-in-Chief
December 2, 2020
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[Photo] BREAKING: ‘Making Week’ to replace spring break at Columbia in 2021

By Mari Devereaux, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 2, 2020
In light of Election Day, Columbia will provide extra security and support services throughout the week.

[Photo] BREAKING: College cancels evening classes on election night, provides extra security, support services

By Kendall Polidori, Co-editor-in-chief
November 2, 2020
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[Photo] BREAKING: College suspects first ‘positive on-campus transmission’ of COVID-19

By Mari Devereaux, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 21, 2020
With the exception of 21 courses, in-person instruction at Columbia will go fully remote after Thanksgiving break.

[Photo] BREAKING: College announces remote learning guidelines for after Thanksgiving

By Mateusz Janik, Staff Reporter
October 20, 2020
Faculty Senate members discussed the importance of faculty being informed about important changes to course capacities during an Oct. 9 virtual meeting after Senior Vice President and Provost Marcella David said capacities could increase next semester.

[Photo] Faculty members express concerns over potential changes in course capacity

By Noah Jennings, Staff Reporter
October 12, 2020

[Video] Bylines: Working remotely while parenting is a daunting task for Columbia staff and faculty

By Jonah Ocuto, Multimedia Producer
October 2, 2020

Your guide for the return to the Student Center

By Ignacio Calderon, Evan Fintzy, and Paige Barnes
September 23, 2020
Three days before hybrid and some in-person classes were scheduled to resume on campus, the college announced changes to its reopening plan due to air assessments and a late order of UVGI installations.

[Photo] BREAKING: College alters reopening plan for ongoing assessments and installations

By Kendall Polidori, Co-editor-in-chief
September 18, 2020
While opening its doors in the midst of the pandemic, Columbia has a new set of safety policies and procedures, making it look different from the spring.

[Photo] Welcome back Columbia: Here’s what campus looks like now

By Paige Barnes, Audience Engagement Editor
September 4, 2020

[Video] Reopening Columbia: Keeping campus safe

By Paige Barnes, Ignacio Calderon
August 21, 2020
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[Photo] Uncooked: Chicago’s first zero-waste dining experience opens in Fulton Market

By Brooklyn Kiosow, Copy Editor
August 13, 2020
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[Photo] Campus closed following night of looting and violence downtown

By Mari Devereaux and Paige Barnes
August 10, 2020
Noble Golder College Prep, 1454 W. Superior St., is among one of the Chicago Public Schools to go fully remote for the first quarter of the upcoming school year.

[Photo] BREAKING: CPS moves to remote instruction for first quarter

By Kendall Polidori, Co-editor-in-chief
August 5, 2020
Artist & Craftsman Supply closed its doors this month, leaving the Columbia community in search of a new art supplies store.

[Photo] Columbia students say goodbye to beloved art supply shop in the South Loop: ‘It felt like our store’

By Brooklyn Kiosow, Copy Editor
July 31, 2020

FYI: What defunding the police could mean for Chicago

By Ignacio Calderon and Paige Barnes
July 24, 2020
Data analysis: Nearly half of fall classes to be held entirely online

Data analysis: Nearly half of fall classes to be held entirely online

By Mari Devereaux and Ignacio Calderon
July 20, 2020
BREAKING: Trump administration rescinds restrictive regulations for international students

BREAKING: Trump administration rescinds restrictive regulations for international students

By Mari Devereaux, Ignacio Calderon, and Kendall Polidori
July 14, 2020
International students concerned for fall semester amid online classes, new ICE regulations

International students concerned for fall semester amid online classes, new ICE regulations

By Ignacio Calderon and Mari Devereaux
July 9, 2020
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[Photo] Columbia students impacted physically and emotionally by protests, police violence

By Mari Devereaux and Kendall Polidori
June 10, 2020
Outside the police station on Division Street, protesters were met with police and a military vehicle blocking both sides of the street.

Thousands gather for peaceful Lakeview protest

By Ignacio Calderon, Senior Video Editor
June 5, 2020

Everything you should know about hand washing during the coronavirus pandemic

By Kendall Polidori and Ignacio Calderon
April 22, 2020

In the Booth: with alt-rock Columbia band SŌK

By Kendall Polidori, Steven Nunez, and Ignacio Calderon
February 24, 2020

Show me your ‘O’ face

By Ignacio Calderon, Senior Video Editor
February 14, 2020

Practicum film projects mimic showbiz, so don’t ‘expect a cakewalk’

By Ignacio Calderon and Zachary Clingenpeel
February 5, 2020

In crisis: desertification threatens a way of life in the Sahara Desert

By Ignacio Calderon, Senior Video Editor
January 28, 2020
Marvery Griffin, director of finance and budget analysis, presents a surprise gift for Senior Associate Provost Suzanne Blum Malley. The painting, made by a Columbia student, pictures one of Blum Malley's dogs.

Faculty say goodbye to Suzanne Blum Malley before her departure from the college

By Ignacio Calderon, Senior Video Editor
January 13, 2020
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist, addresses world leaders at the COP25 summit in Madrid, Wednesday, Dec. 11.

Chronicle FYI: Where the world stands on the climate crisis ahead of 2020

By Ignacio Calderon, Photojournalist
December 16, 2019
Activists started marching from Millennium Park to Federal Plaza, located on South Dearborn Street, where leaders gave speeches.

Chicago climate group rallies as U.N. discusses global environmental crisis

By Ignacio Calderon, Photojournalist
December 7, 2019
The strikers continue their demonstration as they proceed to the Chicago Water Tower, 806 Michigan Ave., where organizers deliver speeches.

Climate activists remind Black Friday shoppers of the environmental crisis

By Ignacio Calderon, Photojournalist
December 1, 2019
The demonstrators are eventually escorted out of Water Tower Place by security.

The demonstrators chose Black Friday as a way of portraying humanity's "loss of perspective of what's really important."

Young protesters, led by Illinois Youth Climate Strike and Sunrise Movement Chicago, sing while they go from the fifth story of Water Tower Place to the street.

“We are here to say that our people are not for sale. We are here to say that our future is not for sale. Our lives are not for sale,” said Victor Franklin, a Sunrise Movement organizer.

Maria Tirado, a community organizer at Greenpeace, attends the strike where she gives a speech at Chicago Water Tower, 806 Michigan Ave.

Shoppers and passerby engage with the demonstration, asking questions about the environment.

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From "f---k NUCR" to "f---k Sessions," the protestors chanted against white supremacy and racism Tuesday, Nov. 5.

[Photo] Jeff Sessions’ visit to Northwestern sparks protests, political clash on campus

November 6, 2019
Protestors banged on the doors in order to disrupt former Attorney General Jeff Sessions' remarks on Northwestern University's campus Tuesday, Nov. 5.

[Photo] Opinion: Northwestern editorial shows media illiteracy, not media incompetency

By Alexandra Yetter and Miranda Manier
November 14, 2019
The Tuesday, Nov. 5 event quickly became heated as protestors and attendees clashed.

[Video] Chicago wants to ‘dump Trump’

By Alexandra Yetter, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 29, 2019
Bilingual Latinx teachers organize outside City Hall Oct. 23 as part of the CTU strike amid negotiations with the city.

[Photo] Teachers rally during budget address as bargaining stalls

By Camilla Forte, Photojournalist
October 24, 2019
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul broke down his plans of reducing gun trafficking and increasing access to trauma programs in a Monday address to the City Club of Chicago.

[Photo] Attorney General Kwame Raoul tackles gun violence with gun tracing, trauma services

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
October 23, 2019

CTU strikers: ‘Mayor Lightfoot, get on the right foot’

By Ignacio Calderon and Camilla Forte
October 18, 2019
Moroccan artist Youness Amriss, who also goes by the artist name DYNAM, creates a mural for the Wabash Arts Corridor.

[Photo] New Moroccan mural adds to Chicago’s ‘global tapestry’

By Paige Barnes, Staff Reporter
October 17, 2019
Professor Dominic Calabrese doubled the amount of the scholarship he created to $10,000 ($5,000 each) in honor of his late mother Elizabeth Frances Calabrese.

[Photo] Mother’s dreams take flight

By Knox Keranen, Staff Reporter
October 12, 2019
Flyweight Projects, a Brooklyn exhibition space, presented a collaborative piece by Samantha Bittman, Cameron Granger, Barb Smith and Alessandro Teoldi.

[Photo] International art fair of miniatures brings big impact, ideas to Chicago

By Dyana Daniels, Staff Reporter
October 12, 2019
The Monday protest was led by Extinction Rebellion in conjunction with other affiliated groups.

Climate protesters break police lines

By Camilla Forte and Ignacio Calderon
October 8, 2019
A police officer records Extinction Rebellion Chicago's Declare Climate Emergency march in front of Daley Plaza on Oct. 7.

Isabelle Bottger is a self-taught visual artist based on violence against women. This piece is "Portrait of the Black Dahlia."

[Photo] ‘Lethal Ladies’ highlights the women of true crime through art

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2019

[Video] The Chronicle takes you behind its story of ‘Confusion surrounds composting initiatives.’

By Alexandra Yetter, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 4, 2019
The music backdrop lasts "14 minutes and 20 seconds, which is the average frequency of a death by gun violence" in the United States.

[Photo] Gun Violence Memorial Project debuts in Chicago

By Dyana Daniels, Staff Reporter
October 6, 2019
Coordinator of Wellness Athletics and Recreation Mark Brticevich (right) demonstrates self defense techniques in a "Kick @ss Self-Defense Program" on Michael Tansey (left), a certified personal trainer.

[Photo] WAR programs muscle up to deliver inner peace

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
October 4, 2019
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