Yasmin Gagne

Senior profile: Sarah Dion, CC

“COÖP and CAVA have been a huge part of my Columbia experience. They were my most formative experiences at Columbia,” Dion, CC ’12, said.

By Yasmin Gagne | May 15 03:40 pm ET

Xerox CEO tells SEAS graduates to 'do some good for the world'

Ursula Burns spoke to undergraduate and graduate students at the School of Engineering and Applied Science's class day ceremony.

By Yasmin Gagne | May 14 11:37 pm ET

Obama highlights women's rights in commencement address

Obama, CC ’83, largely avoided campaign rhetoric during his keynote address, focusing on women’s rights during an election year in which women’s issues have permeated the political dialogue.

By Yasmin Gagne and Sammy Roth | May 14 08:51 pm ET

2011-12 in Review: NYPD surveillance of Muslim Students Association sparks outrage

Students were shocked to learn that as recently as 2007, the New York Police Department had monitored Columbia's Muslim Students Association.

By Yasmin Gagne | May 6 12:57 pm ET

New fraternity coming to Columbia

The Interfraternity Council gave its official approval Wednesday night for Sigma Alpha Epsilon to form a colony at Columbia.

By Yasmin Gagne | May 3 04:04 am ET

Impact of Obama security not clear until recently

General Studies Class Day was not rescheduled until last Monday because the scale of the security measures needed for President Barack Obama’s visit was not fully realized until a week earlier.

By Yasmin Gagne | Apr 30 07:07 am ET

Councils giving money to help inconvenienced GS families

The student councils of the other undergraduate schools will offer some of their funds to help GS graduates’ families inconvenienced by the Class Day date change.

By Yasmin Gagne | Apr 27 07:40 am ET

GS Class Day moved to accommodate security for Obama’s visit

Students are upset over the move of the ceremony, which 70 percent of graduates said would result in at least some, if not all, of their family missing the event.

By Yasmin Gagne and Ben Gittelson | Apr 24 02:52 am ET

Center for Student Advising implementing several changes after review

Thirty-one percent of CC and SEAS undergraduates took part in a survey on the Center for Student Advising, 73 percent of whom said that CSA is meeting their advising needs.

By Yasmin Gagne | Apr 22 09:29 pm ET

Kissinger reflects on U.S.-China relations

Widely credited with opening the country’s relations with the People’s Republic of China, Kissinger said that he made over 50 trips over four decades.

By Yasmin Gagne | Apr 17 04:16 am ET

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