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Columbia College Today holds first-ever student short fiction contest

January 24, 2019

Columbia College Today (CCT) has announced its first-ever short fiction contest for Columbia College students, offering them the opportunity to showcase their creative writing skills while simultaneously providing them an opportunity to have their work read by three established alumni authors.

Columbia Athletics leads nation in Graduate Success Rate

December 19, 2018

Columbia Athletics tied for the national lead in Graduation Success Rate (GSR) with a combined 99 percent in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's 2018 report released last month. The report reflects student-athlete data collected from the four-year period from 2008-11.

In Remembrance of Steven Marcus, former dean of Columbia College

December 11, 2018

On Thursday, December 13 at 4:00 p.m., Columbia College will celebrate the life of Steven Marcus CC’48, GSAS’61, former dean of the College and the George Delacorte Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, who passed away in April 2018.

Navab Fellowship Program established at Columbia College

December 10, 2018

Columbia College today announced a $6 million gift from Mary Kathryn and Alexander Navab CC’87 to establish the Navab Fellowship Program, which will provide funding for 40 full-time Columbia College student internships with non-profit and for-profit organizations annually beginning in Summer 2019.

Denouncing racism on campus

December 9, 2018

We write to you to unequivocally denounce a deeply disturbing racially charged incident involving Columbia undergraduates that took place in front of Butler Library and JJ’s Place early this morning.

Lisa Carnoy CC’89 becomes first woman to receive Alexander Hamilton Medal

December 4, 2018

Lisa L. Carnoy CC’89, co-chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, became the first woman to be awarded the Alexander Hamilton Medal in the 71st year of the award’s inception.