Dear Students,
Here are events and opportunities to help you connect and engage with the University community as the academic year begins.
COVID-19 Reminder and Monkeypox Information
If you have not already done so, take a moment to review updated COVID-19 policies, required action steps and other important health information for the Fall term.
COVID-19 Community Health Compact: Are you new to Columbia this year? Be sure you read and sign the Compact by September 30th!
Monkeypox:
If you have questions about Monkeypox, visit the University’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.
Coming Soon: Welcome Home Columbia
You’re invited to Welcome Home Columbia, a series of free, fun events open to all students from all schools happening from September 6-16.
Events include Speed Friending, Low-lapalooza: Silent Disco, Columbia Quest, Affinity Spaces, and more! Whether you are new or returning this Fall, Welcome Home Columbia is an opportunity to connect with other students and build community as the academic year begins. Learn more and register for events.
Opportunities with University Life
- Volunteers Needed: Columbia Quest. University Life is looking for volunteers from both the Morningside and CUIMC campuses to help with the Columbia Quest Scavenger Hunt. Sign up here by Sunday, September 4.
- Become a 2022-23 University Life Ambassador. Passionate about building community at Columbia? As a University Life Ambassador, you can help promote a welcoming, inclusive environment for all Columbia students across all campuses. Apply here by September 18.
Happening Around Campus
- Prolonged Grief in Youth in the Context of the COVID-19 Epidemic (Virtual). This webinar, hosted by Columbia School of Social Work, presents new research about adolescents who lost a parent and the impacts of pandemic grief and anxiety on the brain and body. Friday, August 26, 12:00 - 1:00 PM. Learn more and register.
- African Book Talk Series: Lest We Forget: A Doctor's Experience with Life and Death During the Ebola Outbreak (Virtual). Join Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi for a conversation with Dr. Kwan Kew Lai about her experience serving on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak. Wednesday, August 31, 9:00 - 10:00 AM. Learn more and register here.
- Book Talk: Max Smeets on No Shortcuts (In-Person). Join SIPA Tech & Policy, The Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and the Digital and Cyber Group for a conversation about the militarization of cyberspace with Max Smeets, author of No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber-Force. Tuesday, September 6, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Learn more and register.
Visit University Life’s website, Instagram and Facebook for more information and events, and please reach out to [email protected] with any suggestions or questions.
Take care,
Joseph Defraine Greenwell, Ed.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs
University Life
Gender Pronouns: He/Him/His
Ixchel Rosal
Senior Associate Vice President for Student Life
University Life
Gender Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
