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Olivia Cohen

Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief

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Columbia faculty members sit together for presentations given at the colleges Student Success Summit hosted at 754 S. Wabash Ave. on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.

Faculty, staff leaders push for more involvement in helping the college confront its financial problems

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
September 23, 2023
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

BREAKING: U.S. Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland to speak on campus during national journalism conference

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
September 22, 2023
President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim speaks to Columbia faculty and administrators at their Faculty Retreat on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. One of the colleges main goals for the Fall 2023 semester is to balance the colleges current $20 million deficit.

BREAKING: College remains ‘off track’ in efforts to address financial crisis

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
September 19, 2023
Columbia professors can make their own AI course policies, with guidance from provosts office

Columbia professors can make their own AI course policies, with guidance from provost’s office

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2023
Incoming students in the audio and acoustics department greet each other with warm smiles on the fifth floor of 33 E. Ida B. Wells building on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Faculty of the audio department host a space for new students to get to know each other before the fall semester begins.

College welcomes new students with scavenger hunts, faculty meet-ups

By Olivia Cohen , Editor-in-Chief
September 1, 2023
The Green Line L train heads southbound over a parking lot at E Harrison St and S Wabash Ave intersection, passing Columbias 33 E Ida B. Wells Dr. building on Friday, Aug 25, 2023.

South Loop garages offer one-time free pass in August for Columbia students, employees

By Olivia Cohen, Senior Editor
August 25, 2023
Students gather outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., in support of President Bidens student loan forgiveness plan on June 30, 2023. The Supreme Court struck down the plan in a 6-3 decision.

[Photo] Students ‘disheartened’ after Supreme Court strikes student loan forgiveness

June 30, 2023
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Campus clinic to close at end of Fall 2023 semester

By Olivia Cohen, Senior Editor
June 2, 2023
College administration considers clinic’s low use, other available health care options as it weighs whether to close on-campus employee facility

College administration considers clinic’s low use, other available health care options as it weighs whether to close on-campus employee facility

By Olivia Cohen, Senior Editor
May 25, 2023
Exclusive: College considers closing on-campus employee health clinic to cut costs

Exclusive: College considers closing on-campus employee health clinic to cut costs

By Olivia Cohen, Senior Editor
May 22, 2023
CTVA Chair Thelma Vickroy to be interim dean of LA programs

CTVA Chair Thelma Vickroy to be interim dean of LA programs

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 16, 2023
Columbia students cheer in celebration of graduating on Sunday, May 14, 2023, at the Arie Crown Theatre, located at 2301 S. Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Dr. The Sunday ceremony included students from Design, Music, Art and Art History, and Interactive Arts and Media departments.

‘I finally made it’: Columbia wraps up its commencement ceremonies for the 2022-2023 academic year

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 14, 2023
A Columbia graduate embraces a family member after receiving their diploma on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The colleges 2022-2023 commencement was broken up into four different ceremonies by department and was held at the Arie Crown Theatre, located at 2301 Jean Baptist Pt. DuSable Lake Shore Dr.

‘Commencement is why we serve’: Graduation weekend kicks off with first day of ceremonies 

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2023
Chris and Oliver Wood play the guitar on their knees while performing one of their newly released songs, on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the Salt Shed, located at 1357 N. Elston Ave. Band’s new album “Heart is the Hero” was written amidst the pandemic and is about trusting your heart.

The Wood Brothers return to Chicago with new music and a performance at The Salt Shed

By Olivia Cohen and Abra Richardson
May 12, 2023
College to merge Art and Art History, Design Departments 

College to merge Art and Art History, Design Departments 

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 9, 2023
Yonty Friesem, an associate professor in the Communication Department, talks to the Chronicle about being one of the four winners of the Excellence in Teaching Award, on Thursday, May 4, 2023. One of Friesems instructional areas is working to increase media literacy.

College selects four faculty for Excellence in Teaching Awards

By Olivia Cohen and Abra Richardson
May 5, 2023
Chicago Tribune critic, jazz professor to be awarded honorary degrees at 2023 commencement

Chicago Tribune critic, jazz professor to be awarded honorary degrees at 2023 commencement

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 5, 2023
Photography student s sit in on a class with Jay Wolke, a professor in the Photography Department, on Friday, April 28, 2023, at the 600 S. Michigan Ave. building. Student s are in the midst of working on their final project s before the Spring semester ends.

Students grapple with possibility of larger class sizes to help close college’s financial gap

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 4, 2023
Faculty retention declines at Columbia – especially among instructors of color

Faculty retention declines at Columbia – especially among instructors of color

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 2, 2023
Editor’s Note: We have come a long way, but we still have far to go

Editor’s Note: We have come a long way, but we still have far to go

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 2, 2023
College promotes four faculty members to full-professor status

College promotes four faculty members to full-professor status

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
May 1, 2023
Former Faculty Advisor to the Columbia Chronicle and former Associate Professor Curtis Lawrence talks with Opinions Editor Justice Lewis on the set of Media Hub Minute, on Friday, April 28, 2023.

Communication Department loses its only full-time Black faculty member as Curtis Lawrence departs the college for Block Club Chicago

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
April 28, 2023
College selects new chair of Science and Mathematics Department

College selects new chair of Science and Mathematics Department

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
April 28, 2023
Wenhwa Ts’ao, Eric Scholl named interim co-chairs of CTVA department

Wenhwa Ts’ao, Eric Scholl named interim co-chairs of CTVA department

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
April 27, 2023
Tom Dowd named interim dean of the School of Media Arts

Tom Dowd named interim dean of the School of Media Arts

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
April 21, 2023
Peg Murphy, associate professor and associate chair of the Communication Department, asks a question in the faculty town hall, on April 13, 2023. Murphy has been selected to be the next chair of the Communication Department.

Exclusive: College selects Peg Murphy to be chair of Communication Department

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
April 20, 2023
Provost Office announces two assistant professors to join the tenure ranking

Provost Office announces two assistant professors to join the tenure ranking

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
April 14, 2023
President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim speaks to faculty and staff members in the Film Row Cinema at 1104 S. Wabash Ave., on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Columbia’s budget deficit, along with student recruitment and retention efforts were discussed during the over an hour and a half town hall meeting.

College administration says its time for ‘serious, honest conversations’ to address deficit

By Olivia Cohen and Elizabeth Rymut
April 13, 2023
Dusk wraps over Sunset Las Palmas Studios, in Los Angeles, California. Columbias Semester in LA classrooms sit on the same lot as the studio. Braden Bates

Associate Dean for Los Angeles programs takes role at Massey University

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
April 12, 2023
For Women, By Women celebrates female artist’s voices through second exhibition

For Women, By Women celebrates female artist’s voices through second exhibition

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
March 28, 2023
College to hold spring commencement at Arie Crown Theatre

College to hold spring commencement at Arie Crown Theatre

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
March 21, 2023
Provost encourages faculty to add AI clause in course syllabi

Provost encourages faculty to add AI clause in course syllabi

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
March 16, 2023
Exclusive: CTVA faculty rally behind Wenhwa Tsao for interim chair

Exclusive: CTVA faculty rally behind Wenhwa Ts’ao for interim chair

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2023
After being stationed at the corner of East Harrison Street and South Wabash Avenue due to a suspected gas leak, Columbia students, faculty and staff were allowed back inside of the 33 E. Ida B. Wells Dr. Building, at approximately 1:50p.m. on March 15, 2023.

Campus security gives the all clear after evacuating due to gas leak

By Elizabeth Rymut and Olivia Cohen
March 15, 2023
Dean to appoint interim chair of CTVA 

Dean to appoint interim chair of CTVA 

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
March 9, 2023
New AI Task Force prepares recommendations for how college will manage ChatGPT use in classroom

New AI Task Force prepares recommendations for how college will manage ChatGPT use in classroom

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
March 7, 2023
Exclusive: Chair of CTVA department to step down this summer 

Exclusive: Chair of CTVA department to step down this summer 

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
March 2, 2023
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pauses during her concession speech as her spouse Amy Eshleman applauds during an election night party for the mayoral election Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Lightfoot concedes; Vallas and Johnson heading to April runoff

By Leah Love and Olivia Cohen
February 28, 2023
We are not a monolith: Jewish people of color talk balancing both religious and racial identities

‘We are not a monolith’: Jewish people of color talk balancing both religious and racial identities

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2023
Sophia King

Sophia King

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
February 24, 2023
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College hires Title IX consulting company, fills key positions vacant for most of last year

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
February 16, 2023
After college announces possible masking change, Columbia community weighs in

After college announces possible masking change, Columbia community weighs in

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
February 16, 2023
Editors Note: Sex is just the start of the conversation

Editor’s Note: Sex is just the start of the conversation

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
February 14, 2023
Although masks are no longer being handed out from the security desks in the campus buildings, masks are still required in classroom settings. These guidelines will remain in place for the upcoming semester.

College to lift mask requirement in classrooms by next week if COVID-19 levels remain ‘low’

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
February 13, 2023
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., applaud.

Biden calls for better access to college for middle class in State of the Union speech

By Olivia Cohen and Elizabeth Rymut
February 8, 2023
College to launch Intimacy Certificate program for graduate students

College to launch Intimacy Certificate program for graduate students

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
February 7, 2023
Exclusive: Candidates for new Communication Department Chair to speak at forums in March

Exclusive: Candidates for new Communication Department Chair to speak at forums in March

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
January 27, 2023
Editors Note: A new era for the Chronicle

Editor’s Note: A new era for the Chronicle

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
January 23, 2023
COVID-19 update – Here’s what you need to know before the semester starts

COVID-19 update – Here’s what you need to know before the semester starts

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
January 20, 2023
Freedman talks School of Media Arts transition plans in light of Truman announcement

Freedman talks School of Media Arts transition plans in light of Truman announcement

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
January 19, 2023
Exclusive: Dean of School of Media Arts selected for provost role at Truman State University

Exclusive: Dean of School of Media Arts selected for provost role at Truman State University

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
January 13, 2023
Family, friends, admirers of Chicago DJ P-Lee Fresh gather for first scholarship recognition

Family, friends, admirers of Chicago DJ P-Lee Fresh gather for first scholarship recognition

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
December 16, 2022
Columbia alum supports next generation of artists through South Loop nonprofit

Columbia alum supports next generation of artists through South Loop nonprofit

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
November 30, 2022
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Columbia announces 5% tuition hike for 2023-2024 academic year

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
November 14, 2022
Annual Let’s Chat event yields CTVA concerns, questions about campus safety, and addresses registration issues

Annual ‘Let’s Chat’ event yields CTVA concerns, questions about campus safety, and addresses registration issues

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
November 12, 2022
Miriam Smith returns home to Columbia after 4 years

Miriam Smith returns ‘home’ to Columbia after 4 years

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
October 26, 2022
Two faculty members share their ambitions as they rise to new leadership positions

Two faculty members share their ambitions as they rise to new leadership positions

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
October 7, 2022
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Columbia reports first on-campus case of monkeypox virus

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
September 15, 2022
Syzygal lead singer Anna Soltys performs with the band for the first time at the inaugural Sacred Rose festival on Aug. 27.

Columbia alum talks about Sacred Rose festival performance, motherhood and evolving as an artist

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
September 8, 2022
Phil Lesh, of Phil Lesh & Friends, plays guitar during Doin That Rag at Sacred Rose music festival on Aug. 26.

Inaugural Sacred Rose music festival gathered musicians and music lovers from near and far

By Olivia Cohen and Abra Richardson
September 8, 2022
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College keeps masking requirements for classroom, instructional settings for fall semester amid current ‘medium’ risk level

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
September 2, 2022
Another semester, another public health threat: What to know about monkeypox and returning to campus

Another semester, another public health threat: What to know about monkeypox and returning to campus

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
August 31, 2022
Amid new abortion landscape, Columbia maintains policy of referrals for services

Amid new abortion landscape, Columbia maintains policy of referrals for services

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
August 24, 2022
Grateful Dead bassist and son among musicians set to perform at first Sacred Rose festival

Grateful Dead bassist and son among musicians set to perform at first Sacred Rose festival

By Olivia Cohen and Abra Richardson
August 24, 2022
Faculty leaders thankful for pay raises, but question colleges delivery

Faculty leaders thankful for pay raises, but question college’s delivery

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
August 19, 2022
Hank DeZutter, former Columbia instructor and Chicago journalism maverick, dies at 80

Hank DeZutter, former Columbia instructor and Chicago journalism maverick, dies at 80

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
August 5, 2022
Pre- and post-Roe: Uncovering Columbias curricular takes on abortion, from past to present

Pre- and post-Roe: Uncovering Columbia’s curricular takes on abortion, from past to present

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
July 21, 2022
Recent SCOTUS abortion ruling clashes with Judaism, rabbi says

Recent SCOTUS abortion ruling clashes with Judaism, rabbi says

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
July 7, 2022
Feds roll out third round of COVID-19 tests; Columbia backs both at-home and on-campus testing

Feds roll out third round of COVID-19 tests; Columbia backs both at-home and on-campus testing

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
June 14, 2022
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Tax forms reveal college’s finances in early days of the pandemic; administrators discuss plans to right the ship

By Anna Busalacchi, Olivia Cohen, and Jordan Perkins
June 3, 2022
Chicago hip-hop pioneer honored at first in-person ManiFresh event after death

Chicago hip-hop pioneer honored at first in-person ManiFresh event after death

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
June 3, 2022
A protester attends the abortion-rights rally dressed in a Handmaid’s Tale red robe and bonnet as a symbol of women’s rights.

‘Even when your voice shakes, speak the truth’: Abortion-rights demonstrations encompass downtown in wake of SCOTUS draft leak

By Olivia Cohen, Managing Editor
May 17, 2022
Showstopping Columbia play Blood at the Root to take center stage at South Side theatre

Showstopping Columbia play ‘Blood at the Root’ to take center stage at South Side theatre

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
April 26, 2022
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Officials identify cause of death for man found on Columbia rooftop

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
April 15, 2022
Professor and music critic Jim DeRogatis honored by Chicago Foundation for Women for R. Kelly abuse coverage

Professor and music critic Jim DeRogatis honored by Chicago Foundation for Women for R. Kelly abuse coverage

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
April 14, 2022
Protestors march around Cloudgate and down South Michigan Avenue chanting, No more shame, no more silence, forced motherhood is fascist violence.

‘This is a call to do my part’: Activists take to city streets to fight abortion restrictions

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
April 12, 2022
Thorne discusses his work with Civic Influencers and discusses the political advantage youth hold over other generations.

Civil rights activist Maxim Thorne discusses youth voting and changing narratives

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
March 2, 2022
Opinion: The fight to criminalize abortion is about religion, and as a non-Christian, its a violation of mine

Opinion: The fight to criminalize abortion is about religion, and as a non-Christian, it’s a violation of mine

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
March 2, 2022
Breaking down Columbias new standardized flat fee amid tuition hike — what it means for students

Breaking down Columbia’s new standardized flat fee amid tuition hike — what it means for students

By Olivia Cohen and Summer Hoagland-Abernathy
March 1, 2022
The rallygoers stand in front of Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church after the first Russian attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24.

‘Today we are all Ukrainian’: Chicagoans gather in Ukrainian Village, demand action against Russian invasion

By Olivia Cohen and Abra Richardson
February 28, 2022
Identity, race, responsibility and empathy: Columbia theatre students set to perform Blood at the Root

Identity, race, responsibility and empathy: Columbia theatre students set to perform ‘Blood at the Root’

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
February 28, 2022
Police and firefighter personnel surround the 618 S. Michigan Ave. Monday, Feb. 21 in response to an individual being found face-down on the lower rooftop.

UPDATED: Man found dead on college rooftop was not a Columbia student, employee or contractor

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
February 22, 2022
Beyond the pill: Hormone-free contraceptive options often an afterthought

Beyond the pill: Hormone-free contraceptive options often an afterthought

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
February 8, 2022
Around 100 people gather at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn St., to protest the release of former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke.

‘We knew it was going to happen’: Downtown protesters express disappointment, frustration over ex-police officer’s release from prison

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
February 4, 2022
Midwest Film Festival dedicates its monthly screening to Celebrating Womxns Voices

Midwest Film Festival dedicates its monthly screening to ‘Celebrating Womxn’s Voices’

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
December 15, 2021
A sign saying “I hate white supremacy” stands out among the crowd gathered in Federal Plaza.

‘It’s an insult and an outrage’: Chicago takes action in response to Kyle Rittenhouse verdict

By Valentina Pucarelli and Olivia Cohen
November 20, 2021
She went out of her way to make others comfortable: Columbia community remembers former interim Provost Louise Love

‘She went out of her way to make others comfortable’: Columbia community remembers former interim Provost Louise Love

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
November 15, 2021
Kal Penn speaks to Vice Media co-founder Suroosh Alvi about his career and new book, You Can’t Be Serious, at a Chicago Humanities Festival event at the Harris Theater on Nov. 6.

Kal Penn gives insight on work with the Obama administration during book talk

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
November 10, 2021
Self-identity, love and humanity: Students return to the campus stage, perform Stop Kiss

Self-identity, love and humanity: Students return to the campus stage, perform ‘Stop Kiss’

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
November 3, 2021
Students gather in the Ferguson Lecture Hall at 600 S. Michigan Ave. for the semiannual Lets Chat with Dr Kim.

‘Let’s Chat’ with Dr. Kim yields questions about institutional racism, COVID-19, potential staff strike

By Olivia Cohen, Jordan Perkins, and Nathan Sirkin
October 29, 2021
Chicago Humanities Festival takes over Student Center for a day, hosts accomplished authors

Chicago Humanities Festival takes over Student Center for a day, hosts accomplished authors

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
October 28, 2021
Lighting design professor Heather Gilbert reflects on Tony Award nomination

Lighting design professor Heather Gilbert reflects on Tony Award nomination

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2021
The crowd chants “Sky in four” as confetti floats around Pritzker Pavilion.

Fans crowd Michigan Avenue, Pritzker Pavilion celebrating the Chicago Sky’s WNBA championship

By Olivia Cohen and Abra Richardson
October 20, 2021
Take risks and learn how to fail: John Davies inspires the next generation of journalists

‘Take risks and learn how to fail’: John Davies inspires the next generation of journalists

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
October 18, 2021
Lit Fest attendees gather around a booth looking for a new read.

Annual Printers Row Lit Fest held for the first time since the start of pandemic

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
September 20, 2021
Former Georgia state legislator Stacey Abrams gets a welcoming round of applause from the crowd at the annual CFW luncheon.

‘I vote because of the promise of progress’: Stacey Abrams takes on voter suppression, reproductive rights at Chicago luncheon

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
September 15, 2021
Columbias Jewish community balances High Holy Days and the start of fall semester

Columbia’s Jewish community balances High Holy Days and the start of fall semester

By Olivia Cohen, Staff Reporter
September 10, 2021
Columbia sees rise in students moving off campus amid COVID-19 concerns

Columbia sees rise in students moving off campus amid COVID-19 concerns

By Olivia Cohen, Contributing Writer
April 8, 2021
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