Restaurant Discounts for Columbia Students

If you are a Columbia student, or if you happen to be a member of the Columbia Alumni Arts League (CAAL), now there are some great discounts for you at Upper West Side restaurants.  The Arts Initiative at Columbia University created partnerships with over 30 New York restaurants to provide special offers to current Columbia [...]

Three Coyotes Spotted on Columbia’s Campus

Three coyotes have been spotted on Columbia University’s campus, according to several news sources.  The first sighting, occurring in front of Lewisohn Hall (near the campus entrance at Broadway and 116th), was reported to 911 and Columbia’s authorities yesterday morning.  At least one other sighting came in yesterday, raising concern that the wild animals may [...]

Hundreds of Columbia Students’ Personal Information Taken in Laptop Theft

About 1,400 Columbia University students, alumni, and employees were given notice that their personal data was no longer secure after three laptops were stolen from the campus last Monday, according to the New York Post.  Authorities and school officials disclosed that burglars smashed a locked office door at Columbia College and stole the the three [...]

This Tuesday: NYC Architecture Lecture and Book Signing

Come to Macaulay Honors College at CUNY (35 West 67th, between Central Park West and Columbus) to see Professor Andrew Scott Dolkart discuss and sign his latest book, The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929.  The book “investigates an important, yet largely ignored, chapter in New York housing.  This is [...]

Starting Today: African Diaspora Film Festival

The African Diaspora Film Festival (ADFF), taking place today through December 15th, presents an eclectic mix of urban, classic, independent and foreign films that depict the richness and diversity of the life experience of people of African descent and Indigenous people all over the world.  Most films are screened in the Upper West Side, with [...]

Columbia Prof Allegedly Assaults Columbia Employee in UWS Bar

A Columbia professor allegedly punched a Columbia University employee in the face at Toast (Broadway at 105th) last Friday, according to the New York Times.  According to police reports, Lionel McIntyre, a 59-year-old professor of courses in community development, had a “verbal dispute” with Camille Davis, a theater production manager for the school, before he [...]

Outdoor Astrophotography Exhibit at Columbia University

Columbia University’s Morningside campus (near Broadway and 116th) will celebrate the merging of science and art when an outdoor astrophotography exhibit opens tomorrow.  25 double-sided 3×3 foot images of our universe taken by ground and space-based telescopes will be accompanied by scientific descriptions on Butler Lawn of the campus.  Professional astronomers staff the event from [...]