Andrea Garcia-Vargas

Top 5 things to know about the MTA

Continuing budget problems mean bus and subway prices will probably increase in 2011. Here's what else you need to know.

Comptroller: CUMC not meeting affiliation agreement with Harlem Hospital

Comptroller John Liu claims that Columbia University Medical Center is not complying with several provisions of its affiliation agreement with Harlem Hospital.

BC increases international visiting program outreach

Barnard’s Visiting International Students Program, which started in the spring of 2009, brings students from partnering universities such as the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and Collegio Nuovo of Pavia in Italy to Barnard for one semester.

Dominican Sunday helps locals any day of the week

Dominican Sunday, a group based on 107th Street, helps Hispanic immigrants gain access to basic services and develop job skills.

Interdisciplinary concentration in ethnic studies to be offered at Barnard

This March, the Barnard College Committee of Instruction approved a small-scale ethnic studies program after a group of students and faculty collaborated together to create a proposal.

Maison Française hosts trilingual speak-out for Haiti

On Friday night, La Maison Française hosted a Read-In/Speak-Out on Haiti, and organizers of the event say that the timing of this effort—months after the disaster—is key.