Cindy del Rosario-Tapan
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Columbia College
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Sixteen College affiliates awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Student awards for teaching and publishing to be awarded to Gareth Williams and Gauri Viswanathan
Friday, April 13, 2018
The Academic Awards Committee of Columbia College is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of the student-nominated Lionel Trilling Book Award and Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching. Gareth Williams, the Violin Family Professor of Classics and chair of the Department of Classics, will be awarded the 43rd annual Lionel Trilling Book Award for his book Gauri Viswanathan TC’85, the Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature and director of the South Asia Institute, will be honored with the 57th annual Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching for her unparalleled dedication to teaching and to her students.
2018 Presidential Global Fellowship winners announced
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Eighteen first-year students in Columbia College, Columbia Engineering and the School of General Studies have received 2018 Presidential Global Fellowships. The students, whose academic interests range from political science to the arts, from American studies to computer science, from astrophysics to history, from English literature to history, and from sustainable development to engineering, were selected from a pool of more than 142 for the University’s undergraduate global summer fellowship program.
My Columbia College Journey
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
My Columbia College Journey is a tool designed to encourage students to reflect and assess their ongoing personal development.
Academy-Award winning producer Dede Gardner named Class Day speaker
Friday, March 30, 2018
Columbia College is pleased to announce that Academy-Award winning producer and Plan B Entertainment co-president Dede Gardner CC’90 will deliver the keynote address at the 2018 Columbia College Class Day ceremony.
Earl Hall listed on National Register of Historic Places
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Columbia University’s Earl Hall was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in recognition of Earl Hall as a venue for meetings and dances of Columbia’s Student Homophile League, which was the first gay student organization in the country.
David Vasquez CC’13 selected for Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program
Friday, March 9, 2018
David Vasquez CC’13, a fellow at the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Career Program, has been selected as a member of the inaugural class of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program at Stanford University. He will pursue an M.B.A. at the Graduate School of Business.
Columbia provides update on undergraduate health and wellness initiative
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
As chair of the JED Steering Committee, Dean James J. Valentini recently provided an update to students regarding Columbia’s multi-year plan to assess undergraduate health and wellness resources, which included 14 key objectives.
Holder Initiative hosts first event in American Voter Project series
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
On January 24, the Eric H. Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights hosted American Voter Project: The Impact and Future of the Electoral College, the first in its five-part American Voter Project series being held this spring.