Dorothee Grant reflects on her time as a GS student thus far including an internship that has allowed her to take part in a developing research method related to her area of study.
All across the world, the Columbia community came together on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 to far surpass ambitious goals and raise a record-breaking $445,537 for GS from hundreds of individual gifts—an unprecedented 38 percent increase in fundraising compared to last year’s totals.
The School of General Studies welcomed alumni, students, and families to Baker Field on Saturday, October 19, 2019 to celebrate this year’s Homecoming event.
After several years working in organic agriculture on rural farms and in urban settings, Devon Gingrich’s interest in public health and nutrition manifested into a desire to pursue medicine. She left behind her previous career and enrolled in the Columbia University Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at GS in the fall of 2019, and hopes to expand the positive impact she was making in farming through pursuit of a medical degree.
On Thursday, October 10, faculty, staff, friends, and family gathered at Columbia’s Faculty House to celebrate the induction of 83 students into the School of General Studies Honor Society.The GS Honor Society was created in 1997 to recognize the exceptional academic achievements of GS students who have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 3.8 in more than 30 points of academic coursework at Columbia.
Frontline Arts' award-winning art project, Frontline Paper, returned to Columbia University for a two-day workshop, as part of a series of Crafting Commonality workshops that engages and connects communities through craft making experience.
On Friday, September 27, the U.S. Military Veterans of Columbia University (MilVets) hosted Arts in the Armed Forces for a not-yet-released screening of The Report, directed by Scott Burns, and starring Adam Driver and Annette Bening.
Jarrell Daniels, a New York native and formerly incarcerated teenager, enrolled at the Columbia University School of General Studies during the fall of 2019, not too long after completing a nearly six-year sentence beginning on Rikers Island. Since his release, Daniels has become a prominent advocate for criminal justice reform through public speaking, research, and mentorship efforts.
This month, the School of General Studies welcomes alumni, current students, and their family members to join us for Family Days and Homecoming, a weekend of events that provide an opportunity to connect with the entire Columbia University community.
In just one month, over 230 members of the Columbia community have been trained and now carry life-saving naloxone to be used in the case of an opioid overdose.
The School of General Studies is pleased to introduce our new Dean of Students, Marlyn Delva, EdD.
The School of General Studies is pleased to announce that James Colgrove, PhD, MPH has joined the staff as our new Dean of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program.