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The Columbia Spectator, founded in 1877, delivers news and information daily to thousands of readers around Columbia, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem. We are the second-oldest college daily paper in the country and have been financially independent from the University since 1962. The newspaper is published five days a week during the academic year and our blog network, Spectrum, offers update

s on news, arts, commentary, and photos from around campus and New York City. The organization is run by undergraduates from Barnard, Columbia College, the School of General Studies, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, with a staff totaling over 200 students. Spectator has opportunities for a wide range of interests, including reporting, writing, editing, photography, design, multimedia, and finance. Along with the daily paper and blogs, Spectator Publishing Company Inc. includes The Eye, a weekly arts and features magazine; and the business division, which manages Spectator's financial standing. If you're interested in joining or have any general questions, please contact us at [email protected].

Barnard will not renew 30 term faculty and will simultaneously hire 22 permanent, full-time professors this fall—a shift...
06/19/2026

Barnard will not renew 30 term faculty and will simultaneously hire 22 permanent, full-time professors this fall—a shift administrators say reflects a long-term move away from contingent faculty amid broader restructuring and financial pressure.

Barnard plans to hire 22 full-time faculty members and not renew around 30 term faculty positions this fall, a Barnard official confirmed to Spectator.

The University Senate unanimously voted to recommend revisions to the Rules of University Conduct, which govern discipli...
06/19/2026

The University Senate unanimously voted to recommend revisions to the Rules of University Conduct, which govern disciplinary action for on-campus protests, at a May 29 plenary, defying the board of trustees’ quiet changes to the statutes last summer.

The University Senate unanimously voted to recommend revisions to the Rules of University Conduct, which govern disciplinary action for on-campus protests and demonstrations, at a May 29 plenary. The vote defies the board of trustees’

While the New York Knicks worked their way to a historic NBA Finals win, bars and businesses in Morningside Heights held...
06/19/2026

While the New York Knicks worked their way to a historic NBA Finals win, bars and businesses in Morningside Heights held watch parties for each game. Hundreds of community members gathered to witness the team’s first championship victory in 53 years.

For some New Yorkers, the best place to watch the New York Knicks play off against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals was not in Midtown or Madison Square Garden, but 80 blocks away from the team’s home court, in Morningside Heights.

Columbia and Barnard have finalized tuition increases for the 2026-27 academic year, pushing the total estimated cost of...
06/19/2026

Columbia and Barnard have finalized tuition increases for the 2026-27 academic year, pushing the total estimated cost of attendance over $100,000 for both schools.

Columbia and Barnard have both finalized tuition increases for the 2026-27 academic year, leading to a total estimated cost of attendance over $100,000 for most students.

Columbia spent $200,000 on federal lobbying between January and March—almost the same amount as in the fourth quarter of...
06/16/2026

Columbia spent $200,000 on federal lobbying between January and March—almost the same amount as in the fourth quarter of 2025. The money was allocated between BGR Group, Van Scoyoc Associates, and Federal Sciences Partners LLC.

Columbia spent $200,000 on federal lobbying between January and March this year—a $70,000 decrease from its high spending in the first quarter of 2025—amid federal cuts to research funding and renewed Department of Homeland Security threats to international students.

A federal judge on June 1 dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Columbia facilities workers against 48 pro-Palestinian prot...
06/16/2026

A federal judge on June 1 dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Columbia facilities workers against 48 pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied Hamilton Hall in April 2024, ruling that the workers failed to prove the protesters conspired to deprive Jewish people or their supporters of civil rights.

A federal judge on June 1 dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Columbia Facilities workers against 48 pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied Hamilton Ha...

Akilah Rosado, Barnard’s vice president for inclusion and belonging, will serve as interim dean of the college for the 2...
06/16/2026

Akilah Rosado, Barnard’s vice president for inclusion and belonging, will serve as interim dean of the college for the 2026-27 academic year, Barnard President Laura Rosenbury announced in a Monday email. She will replace Vice Deans Nikki Youngblood Giles and Holly Tedder, who served as interim co-deans since Leslie Grinage stepped down as dean in January.

Akilah Rosado, Barnard’s vice president for inclusion and belonging, will serve as interim dean of the college for the 2026-27 academic year, Barnard President Laura Rosenbury announced in a Monday email.

After a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals in late April, an immigration judge finalized Mahdawi’s deportation...
06/15/2026

After a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals in late April, an immigration judge finalized Mahdawi’s deportation order to Jordan last week. He decided to take the case to federal court.

Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, SIPA ’27, appealed his deportation case to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, asking a federal court for the first time to review a final removal order to Jordan, which was issued by an immigration judge last week.

Following the White House’s April proposal to eliminate three institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Healt...
06/13/2026

Following the White House’s April proposal to eliminate three institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health, Columbia health researchers are continuing to express uncertainty and anxiety over future funding. The proposal continues a string of federal threats to research funding and increased instability for researchers.

Nearly a year ago, Columbia settled with the federal government to restore billions of dollars in frozen funding, alleviating disappointme...

As a former inmate of the Israeli military prison system and a veteran of Columbia’s pro-Palestinian protest movement, A...
06/13/2026

As a former inmate of the Israeli military prison system and a veteran of Columbia’s pro-Palestinian protest movement, Aharon Dardik, GS ’26, has always grounded his activism in his pursuit of peace and honest inquiry.

Despite running a philosophy magazine of the same name, Aharon Dardik, GS ’26, doesn’t publicly identify as a gadfly of the state. To do so would be a bit “cringe,” he said.

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