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On Wednesday, March 7, the Office of University Life hosted In Conversation: Exploring Race and Whiteness in America Today, a panel discussion featuring award-winning documentarian Whitney Dow ’86 and renowned poet Claudia Rankine ’93SOA, moderated by MSNBC national correspondent Joy Reid.
Commentary by Dr. Lisa Rosen-Metsch ’90, Dean of the School of General Studies, was recently featured in JAMA Internal Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association.
In the Upstate New York farmhouse where he grew up, Michael Wedd was forbidden from watching TV, surfing the internet, listening to most radio stations, or going to school. He taught his siblings and himself subjects like chemistry and biology with textbooks he found around the house, and learned to play piano by listening to a family radio that was always tuned to a classical music station.
On February 23, GS held its annual Mid-Winter Mixer at Upper Story in Manhattan. The event, which featured remarks by the new Dean of the School of General Studies, Lisa Rosen-Metsch ’90GS, is the School’s largest networking event of the year.
On February 20, faculty, staff, friends, and family gathered to celebrate the induction of 94 students into the GS Honor Society at its spring 2018 Induction Ceremony in Low Memorial Library. The GS Honor Society, created in 1997 to celebrate the academic achievement of GS scholars, inducts students who have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 3.8 in more than 30 points of academic coursework at Columbia University.
The Program, which will welcome its inaugural class this fall, transcends traditional study abroad opportunities by providing the opportunity to pursue a rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education spanning two continents. Upon completion of the four-year program, graduates earn two bachelor’s degrees, one from each institution.
On Monday, January 8, the School of General Studies welcomed nearly 230 undergraduate and Postbac Premed Program students at the New Student Welcome, the kickoff event of the New Student Orientation Program (NSOP), held in Roone Arledge Auditorium in Lerner Hall.
The new Dual BA Program between Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University is now accepting applications for Fall 2018 admission. Highly-qualified students will have the opportunity to study in both Ireland and the United States, earning two bachelor’s degrees in four years.
The School of General Studies was born with a name that made perfect sense at the time, but that now does more to obfuscate than to illuminate. And a name change, if done right, could be just what GS needs to build on its achievements—and secure its future.
Most days, David Treatman can be found studying at Columbia University. But on top of the demanding coursework and numerous extracurricular activities, he can also be found downtown, working as a co-producer both on- and off-Broadway. Dividing his time between college life and a busy production schedule, he is not your typical undergraduate student.
The School of General Studies is pleased to announce Jill Galas Hickey as its new associate dean for development and alumni relations.
Today, President Lee C. Bollinger sent the following message to the University community announcing the appointment of GS alumna Lisa Rosen-Metsch as the next dean of the School of General Studies as of January 1, 2018.
On October 25, 2017, Peter J. Awn, Dean of the School of General Studies, received the Making a Difference Service Award in recognition of his service and dedication to Columbia University at the annual Community Impact Gala Benefit Auction.
On Tuesday, October 3, faculty, staff, friends, and family gathered to celebrate the induction of 60 students into the Honor Society of the School of General Studies at its fall 2017 Induction Ceremony in the Skyline Ballroom of Faculty House.
The Columbia University Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently announced that they have reinstated their linkage program agreement, effective beginning with the Fall 2018 entering class.