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Provost Angela Olinto announces award and grant recipients from the Office of the Provost’s award programs, including inaugural Dialogue Across Difference (DxD) grant recipients, to end the 2023-24 academic year.

An update from the Provost and Chief Operating Officer concerning campus access and the start of Summer Session

Provost Angela Olinto announces resources and guidelines for final exams to end the 2023-24 academic year.

Important progress with representatives of the student encampment on the West lawn.

Dennis Mitchell announces programs, funding opportunities, and resources for the Columbia community.

Dennis Mitchell shares resources and engagement opportunities about the new Dialogue Across Difference initiative.

President Minouche Shafik and Interim Provost Dennis Mitchell announce initiatives to foster a community where debates and disagreements are rooted in academic rigor and civil discourse.

Faculty are invited to submit proposals to create courses that bring students from different schools together to explore a topic at the intersection between fields.

Faculty and researchers can now access this course, designed to help them grow as mentors and foster the success of students and postdocs. 

Interim Provost Mitchell announces an increase in tuition support and extension of application window for Columbia families interested in The School at Columbia.

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The seed funding aims to promote conversations where faculty, staff, and students can confront difference and find mutual understanding.

The awards honor exceptional commitment to mentoring and contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion at Columbia

Last month, Interim Provost Dennis A. Mitchell delivered the third annual Kathleen Hickey Endowed Lectureship in Science of Cardiovascular Care on February 8, 2024 at the Columbia School of Nursing.

Recent events celebrated Josefina Báez’s life and work and explored Latine identity from the perspective of Columbia scholars and leaders.

In September, Columbia hosted a kickoff retreat for the launch of the Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network’s Institute on Inquiry, Equity & Leadership. This year-long program, which began in 2022, offers the selected cohort of fellows the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of equity-minded leadership in higher education in a collaborative setting.

Released this month, the Seed Grant Initiative Impact Report reviews key findings from the analysis of the Seed Grants issued in Fall of 2020.

Columbia’s university-wide orientation, offered virtually through Canvas, provides an overview of offices that support faculty success.

Trustees join junior and mid-career faculty grant awardees and university leaders for a celebratory luncheon.

New report highlights key initiatives from the Faculty Advancement team in the 2022-2023 academic year.

As President Bollinger ends his tenure at the University, he leaves behind a roadmap that emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion.

On Monday, February 20, 2023, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement hosted "Engaging Our Communities: Transformative Scholarship for Dismantling Anti-Black Racism and Fostering Black Joy," a fireside chat with new faculty in social work and in sociology.

Announcements From Faculty Affairs

These ranges should be used in determining the salaries for officers of research throughout the University for the 2026-2027 academic year.

The Office of the Provost is launching a new designation, Designated Academic Colleague (DAC), to support scholarly engagement between Columbia personnel and their non-Columbia colleagues in the field.

Columbia University now requires all new full-time and part-time academic hires to complete a pre-hire attestation disclosing any prior discriminatory, harassing, retaliatory, or other forms of misconduct.

These ranges should be used in determining the salaries for officers of research throughout the University for the 2025-2026 academic year.

The U.S. Department of Labor has revised the Fair Labor Standards Act to raise the minimum salary threshold for overtime eligibility, affecting Columbia University and other employers nationwide, with increases to $844 per week starting July 1, 2024, and $1,128 per week starting January 1, 2025.

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Columbia University now requires all new full-time and part-time academic hires to complete a pre-hire attestation disclosing any prior discriminatory, harassing, retaliatory, or other forms of misconduct.

A Dazzling Summer of Research and Community in Columbia’s Pathways Programs

The Office of the Provost welcomes Dr. Dima Amso—renowned neuroscientist and champion of inclusive excellence—as Columbia’s new Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement.

These ranges should be used in determining the salaries for officers of research throughout the University for the 2025-2026 academic year.

At its third annual reception for newly tenured faculty, the Office of the Provost celebrated a diverse cohort of scholars receiving tenure in 2024.

Columbia’s University-wide virtual orientation highlights offices that support faculty success. 

The draft Self-Study Report for University reaccreditation is now available online. Columbia community members are invited to provide comments on the draft report by October 4th via an online feedback form.

Faculty Advancement report reflects on progress and highlights from the 2023-2024 academic year.

Trustees, faculty award recipients, and university leaders gather for a commemorative luncheon recognizing Provost’s Grants Programs that support research championing inclusion and belonging.