Extinction Rebellion Columbia University, a climate activist student group, will propose that the University divest from all fossil fuels in front of the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing this Wednesday.

Over 100 Columbia faculty members signed a petition in support of the Extinction Rebellion hunger strikers and their demands to declare a climate emergency, reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, and divest from fossil fuel companies by 2025. Extinction Rebellion further calls upon the University to form an assembly of representatives from surrounding communities and University stakeholders in order to address greenhouse gas emissions.

Columbia College Student Council will vote on whether to allow Columbia University Apartheid Divest’s referendum on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement in the upcoming election cycle next Sunday.

As dozens of students lined up to question members of Columbia’s newly formed Climate Change Task Force at the student town halls this week, many highlighted the urgency for student involvement in conversations around how the University addresses climate change.

Executive Vice President for Research, G. Michael Purdy will be retiring at the end of this calendar year, President Lee Bollinger announced in an email Thursday morning.

Morningside Heights businesses may see financial difficulties if New York state’s e-cigarette ban is accepted by the appellate court.

Senator Rand Paul and his wife Kelley promoted their new book, “The Case Against Socialism,” at an event hosted by Columbia University Libertarians and Colloquia Wednesday evening. Almost 300 students attended the event, where the Pauls argued that socialism is fundamentally harmful to society, claiming that its recent popularization by progressive political figures such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would fade.

Professors and political organizers discussed the future of American democracy and U.S.- Russian relations at the Special Roundtable on Ukraine and the Impeachment Investigation attended by over 50 students, faculty, and staff on Monday afternoon.

During the Barnard Student Government Association elections last April, SGA added a referendum to the ballot to gauge students’ support for divestment from companies that “profit from or engage in the State of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.”