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Announcing Office of the Provost Faculty Awardees

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.

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Expanded Campus Access and Return to In-Person Education and Research for Summer Session

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

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Important Updates Regarding Final Exams and Assessments

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Guidelines for Final Exams/Assessments

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

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Campus Update

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

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Garud Iyengar Appointed Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute

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Update on Dialogue Across Difference

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

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Dialogue Across Difference: Seed Grant RFP and Faculty Workshops

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

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Our Community, Our Values

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.

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Call for Proposals for Cross-Disciplinary Frontiers Courses

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.

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“Building Effective Mentoring Relationships” and Other New Resources

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

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Faculty Advancement

Inaugural Dialogue Across Difference Grants Awarded by Office of the Provost


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

2024 Faculty Mentoring and Faculty Services Awardees
Faculty Advancement

Meet the 2024 Faculty Mentoring and Faculty Service Awardees

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

Dennis A. Mitchell delivering the third annual Kathleen Hickey Endowed Lectureship
Faculty Advancement

Advancing Equity through Relationships: Honoring Kathleen Hickey's Legacy

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.

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Faculty Advancement

Two Events Celebrate Latine Identity and Scholarship at Columbia

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

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Faculty Advancement

Columbia Hosts Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network Retreat and Program Launch

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.

Metrics and Evaluation Working Group members: Ana Abraido-Lanza, Professor of Social Work; Nabila El-Bassel, University Professor and Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work; Helen Lu, Percy K. and Vida L.W. Hudson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Dental and Craniofacial Engineering (in Dental Medicine); Maria Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and of International and Public Affairs; Anne Taylor, John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Me
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Metrics and Evaluation Work Group Releases Seed Grant Report

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

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Faculty Advancement

New Faculty Orientation Offers Easy Access to Key Information

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

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Faculty Advancement

Trustees Luncheon Celebrates Junior and Mid-Career Faculty Awardees

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

Faculty Advancement

2022-2023 OVPFA Year in Review

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

Faculty Advancement

A Commitment to an Antiracist Columbia

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

Faculty Advancement

Roundtable on Black joy and transformative scholarship highlights new recruits

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.

Faculty Advancement

Session on supporting underrepresented students draws virtual crowd

On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement hosted They Said ‘Yes’: Supporting underrepresented students to belong and thrive in the academy.

Announcements From Faculty Affairs

2026-27 Salary Guidelines for Officers of Research

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

Designated Academic Colleague (DAC)

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.

Updated attestation form and language in offer letters for new academic hires and rehires

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.

2025-26 Salary Guidelines for Officers of Research

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

FLSA Minimum Salary Update

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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Inclusive Faculty Pathways Fall '25 Highlights

In the fall, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancment's Inclusive Faculty Pathways portfolio hosted a series of signature events that welcomed new scholars, supported academic success, and fostered community.

Thank You for Your Work for Columbia This Year
Announcement Regarding Columbia University Chaplain Jewelnel Davis
Designated Academic Colleague (DAC)

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.

Updated attestation form and language in offer letters for new academic hires and rehires

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.

Provost’s Office Committee Updates
CUPP Students Shine: A Summer of Discovery, Connection, and Celebration

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

Welcoming Dr. Dima Amso as new Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement

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.

Announcing Office of the Provost 2025 Faculty Awardees
2025-26 Salary Guidelines for Officers of Research

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

New Leadership Appointments in the Office of the Provost
Supporting our International Scholars and Students
New Anti-Doxing and Online Harassment Policy
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month with poet Denice Frohman
Columbia Celebrates 68 Newly Faculty Tenured in 2024

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