While Columbia is not the first college to pass divestment from companies supporting Israel’s occupation, it joins a growing list of U.S. colleges and universities, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which passed a divestment referendum just last week. Columbia follows in the footsteps of Barnard College, where students in April 2018 voted overwhelmingly in favor of a similar divestment referendum.
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Staff writer Zachey Kliger reports on the “Educator Pledge,” an effort by some Columbia Business School students that encourages professors and other educators to turn out younger voters in this year’s election.
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Dr. Raymond Givens, a cardiologist and professor at Columbia’s medical school, has been fighting to change the name of Bard Hall since early June. In August, University President Lee Bollinger announced that the dormitory would be renamed. Givens received no credit, and he says his inquiries to the University have gone largely unanswered.
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A look at this summer’s efforts to address systemic racism at SIPA and strengthen the school’s commitments to anti-racism, equity and inclusion.
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An update on ongoing student-led efforts towards anti-racist changes at SIPA.
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Student leaders petition for anti-racist, institutional change in response to Dean Janow’s June 1, 2020 statement to the SIPA community, titled “Condemning the Death of George Floyd and Other Black Americans”.
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