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All School of General Studies offices will close Thursday, July 2 at 2 p.m. and will re-open on Monday, July 6 at 9 a.m.
Postbac Premed Program alumnus Ben Oseroff '20, currently a medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, recently published an article in Harvard Medical School Review about hospital delirium during COVID-19.
The Academic Resource Center is seeking students to work as tutors (namely for Biology, Physics, Economics, Advanced Calculus, and Spanish, but the ARC will consider applications for all subjects).
This year’s first ever virtual Reunion Weekend drew more than 300 GS alumni and guests from all over the world together to reconnect, celebrate, and enjoy new and exciting events.
Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Ph.D. co-authored an article in The International Journal of Drug Policy titled, "Syringe Services Program (SSP) Operational Changes During the COVID-19 Global Outbreak."
Kikka Hanazawa ’00 has built a unique career as a fashion investor and non-profit founder. Now, through Fashion Girls for Humanity, an award-winning non-profit humanitarian organization she founded, Hanazawa is making open-source resources available to companies and individuals who want to help during the pandemic by producing personal protective equipment (PPE).
The Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition will conduct their MS program remotely for fall 2020 and the remote term extended application deadline is Saturday, August 15, 2020.
Dean of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, James Colgrove Ph.D., M.P.H., Published an article in The New England Journal of Medicine titled, "The Vaccines for Children Program at 25 — Access, Affordability, and Sustainability."
Students are invited to apply for Columbia University Interschool Fellowships -- funds that are not limited to specific schools or colleges, but have been donated to support students who meet specific criteria. The deadline to apply is Friday, July 31.
On Thursday, May 21 and Friday, May 22, The School of General Studies welcomed 100 students from the incoming cohort at the Summer New Student Welcome event.
On June 2, 2020, Dean Mary C. Boyce, Ph.D. (The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science,) Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch (School of General Studies,) and Dean James J. Valentini (Columbia College) sent the following message to undergraduate students regarding recent anti-Black violence.
Joseph Kissane, former Director of Columbia’s Summer Session, former School of General Studies Dean of Students, and a beloved preceptor of English and comparative literature, passed away from COVID-19 on April 19, 2020.
The Columbia University Postbac Premed Program celebrated Postbac Class Day on Friday, May 15 via a pre-recorded virtual ceremony. Faculty, administrators, fellow students, friends, and family honored the graduates for completing this important step on their journey to medical school and beyond.
On Friday, May 15, the New York Delta Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society virtually initiated 56 GS students at its annual Induction Ceremony.
The School of General Studies celebrated the Class of 2020 on Monday, May 18 at GS Class Day via a pre-recorded virtual ceremony.