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Starting in Fall 2025, high school graduates can apply directly to the joint bachelor’s degree program and earn two degrees in four years, studying in both Hong Kong and New York.

The program, which empowers veterans and current service members looking to transition into higher education, will take place from July 12 to July 19.

Among 11 Students Selected from Across the World for Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship Program, a First from SMC & Columbia University

For the seventh year, Columbia will host the Warrior-Scholar Project Humanities Academic Boot Camp this summer in New York City.

More than 500 veterans, leaders, scholars, and guests will convene today to celebrate the Columbia University and New York City veteran communities at the annual Columbia University Military Ball on Friday, November 10.

Columbia will host its sixth Warrior-Scholar Project Humanities Academic Boot Camp in July on the Morningside Heights campus in New York City.

Gregory Brook ’24GS, an aerial combat photojournalist in the U.S. Air Force with a passion for improving veteran mental health care, was selected as a 2023 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation.

Zuzanna Bijoch, an international fashion model and finance student, was recently named valedictorian of the Columbia GS Class of 2023.

Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch has announced the featured speaker for the 2023 Columbia University School of General Studies (GS) Class Day ceremony, which will be held on Monday, May 15 at 7:45 a.m. This year, the keynote speaker is Keren Yarhi-Milo ’03GS. 

Hundreds of veterans, leaders, scholars, and guests will convene today to celebrate Columbia University’s distinguished student veteran community at the annual Military Ball. Established in 2010, the Military Ball is regarded as the premier event uniting veterans across the University community, with proceeds helping to underwrite academic and career transition programming for all veterans and military family members nationwide, financial aid for veteran students at Columbia University, and veteran student and alumni programming.

We are proud to announce that five GS students and five Barnard students have been selected to join the inaugural cohort of the Intrapreneurial Leadership Fellows Program (ILFP).

After being virtual for two years, the transformative summer boot camp will return in person to Columbia’s campus for the first time since 2019, with an intensive curriculum designed to help veterans prepare for an academic environment while learning strategies to become better students.