Tag: columbia university

NASA Climate Scientists Face Eviction from Longtime Upper West Side Home

Mike Mishkin May 16, 2025 Community 14 Comments

After nearly 60 years on the Upper West Side, a quiet yet globally impactful hub of climate science is being uprooted—suddenly and with little clarity about what comes next.  Read More...

Columbia Protest Ends in Mass Arrests Following Library Occupation

Mike Mishkin May 8, 2025 Community 6 Comments

More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupying the main reading room of Columbia University’s Butler Library prompted a major police response and dozens of arrests. Read More...

Columbia University Announces Layoffs of Nearly 180 Researchers Amid Federal Funding Cuts

Mike Mishkin May 6, 2025 Community 9 Comments

Columbia University has announced it will be letting go of about 180 researchers Read More...

40-Year-Old Indicted for Burning Israeli Flag at Columbia Protest

Mike Mishkin September 9, 2024 Community 5 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has announced the indictment of James Carlson, a 40-year-old Brooklyn man who burned an Israeli flag at a Columbia University Read More...

Columbia University Considers Giving Campus Police Arresting Powers After Protests

Bobby Panza August 8, 2024 Community 13 Comments

The president of Columbia University is proposing the addition of campus safety officers who would have the authority to arrest students and use physical contact. Read More...

Floating Lanterns Will Light Up the Night Sky Next Month!

Emma Radmilovic August 6, 2024 Arts & Entertainment, Events 1 Comment

Glowing paper mache lanterns return to the skies on Saturday, September 21 for the 13th annual Morningside Lights Festival. Read More...

Pizza, Soft-Serve and Maybe Cocktails: Growing Eatery Secures Space on Broadway

Jennifer Lynch June 19, 2024 Food & Drink 2 Comments

After sitting vacant for years despite being in the heart of the bustling Columbia University neighborhood, a storefront on the corner of West 112th Street Read More...

Two New Restaurants: Soup Dumplings and Make-Your-Own Hotpots

Emma Radmilovic June 1, 2024 Food & Drink No Comments

Two new Upper West Side restaurants have popped up: build-your-own-hotpot restaurant MalaTown and soup dumpling spot Nan Xiang Express. Read More...

Japan Fes Returns to West Side this Month

Jennifer Lynch April 2, 2024 Arts & Entertainment, Events No Comments

Billed as the biggest Japanese street fair and food festival in the world, Japan Fes will be taking place on April 13 and is expected to Read More...

1020 Bar Reopens “Under Brand-New Management”

Brendan Mohler January 3, 2024 Food & Drink 2 Comments

Just a few months after a marshal’s legal possession notice was posted on the entrance to 1020 Bar at 1020 Amsterdam Ave. (and W. 110th Read More...