The Latest Breaking News from Columbia College

Who Is Claire Shipman: Award-Winning Reporter Takes Helm At Columbia As Campus Crisis Deepens

Claire Shipman, an award-winning journalist and Columbia alumna, has been appointed acting president of Columbia University following Katrina Armstrong's resignation amid political pressure and a £320 million funding crisis.

International Business Times UK · Mar 29, 2025

Columbia removes three deans over text messages with alleged ‘antisemitic tropes’

University president says private text exchange during school event was ‘unacceptable and deeply upsetting’

The Guardian - US · Jul 9, 2024

3 Columbia University officials lose posts over texts that 'touched on ancient antisemitic tropes'

Columbia University has removed three administrators from their positions and will keep them on indefinite leave after finding that text messages they exchanged during a campus discussion about Jewish life “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.”

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Dawoud Bey, Chicago photographer, focuses in new exhibition on how slavery still lives

Bey, 70, who is a Columbia College Chicago professor, completes his three-part series of photographs with “Stony the Road,” now on exhibition in Richmond, Virginia.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 5, 2024

Columbia College Chicago, adjunct faculty reach tentative deal

Union members have to vote on the tentative deal but could return to classrooms by Jan. 2.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 18, 2023

Columbia College adjunct faculty strike leaves students in limbo

To keep classes going, the college has replaced many of the teachers who walked off the job on Oct. 30 — a walkout prompted by the college cutting hundreds of classes to help fill a $20 million budget gap.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 13, 2023

‘If this was about money, we’d still be teaching’: inside the longest adjunct strike in US history

Academics at Columbia College in Chicago are in a fierce dispute over cuts to courses and poor working conditions

The Guardian - US · Dec 10, 2023

Columbia College classes canceled amid adjunct faculty strike

About 1,000 classes could be impacted after nearly 600 part-time professors, who make up the majority of faculty, hit the picket lines on Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 30, 2023

Columbia College Chicago adjunct faculty to strike Monday

More than 600 part-time professors, who make up the majority of faculty, plan to hit the picket lines on Monday. About 1,000 classes could be impacted.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 30, 2023

Columbia College part-time faculty could strike Monday

Adjunct faculty make up a majority of the teaching staff at the South Loop campus. Most members voted to authorize a strike Wednesday night.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2023