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The College

Barnard College has been a distinguished leader in higher education for women for over 100 years and is today the most sought after private liberal arts college in the nation.  Founded in 1889, the College was the first in New York City, and one of the few in the nation at the time, where women could receive the same rigorous liberal arts education available to men.  Its partnership with a great research university, Columbia University, combined with its setting in an international city, strength in STEM, and its unwavering dedication to the advancement of women, makes Barnard unique among liberal arts colleges today.

Barnard is both an independently incorporated educational institution and an official college of Columbia University—a position that simultaneously affords it self-determination and a rich, value-enhancing partnership.  Barnard students may take classes at Columbia and benefit from the University’s myriad academic resources, as Columbia students may do at Barnard. Barnard students may compete in Division I athletics through the Barnard-Columbia Athletic Consortium. 

New York City and its vast cultural and social resources provide an extension to the Barnard campus, used by every department to enhance curriculum and learning.  The City is an inescapable presence, inviting students with infinite opportunities to explore and experience (from access to the arts to working with social-change organizations to interning on Wall Street). 

The College draws accomplished, motivated, bright, and curious young women who seek a stimulating atmosphere and diverse community.  Barnard alumnae include pioneers like anthropologist Margaret Mead and Judith Kaye, the first female Chief Judge of the State of New York, along with prominent cultural figures such as choreographer Twyla Tharp, writers Zora Neale Hurston and Mary Gordon, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Anna Quindlen and Natalie Angier.

Mission Statement

Barnard College aims to provide the highest quality liberal arts education to promising and high-achieving young women, offering the unparalleled advantages of an outstanding residential college in partnership with a major research university. With a dedicated faculty of scholars distinguished in their respective fields, Barnard is a community of accessible teachers and engaged students who participate together in intellectual risk-taking and discovery. Barnard students develop the intellectual resources to take advantage of opportunities as new fields, new ideas, and new technologies emerge. They graduate prepared to lead lives that are professionally satisfying and successful, personally fulfilling, and enriched by love of learning.

As a college for women, Barnard embraces its responsibility to address issues of gender in all of their complexity and urgency, and to help students achieve the personal strength that will enable them to meet the challenges they will encounter throughout their lives. Located in the cosmopolitan urban environment of New York City, and committed to diversity in its student body, faculty and staff, Barnard prepares its graduates to flourish in different cultural surroundings in an increasingly inter-connected world.

The Barnard community thrives on high expectations. By setting rigorous academic standards and giving students the support they need to meet those standards, Barnard enables them to discover their own capabilities. Living and learning in this unique environment, Barnard students become agile, resilient, responsible, and creative, prepared to lead and serve their society.

Barnard History

Barnard College was among the pioneers in the late 19th-century crusade to make higher education available to young women.

The College grew out of the idea, first proposed by Columbia University’s tenth president, Frederick A.P. Barnard, that women have an opportunity for higher education at Columbia. Initially ignored, the idea led to the creation of a “Collegiate Course for Women.” Although highly-qualified women were authorized to follow a prescribed course of study leading ultimately to Columbia University degrees, no provision was made for where and how they were to pursue their studies. It was six years before Columbia’s trustees agreed to the establishment of a college for women. A provisional charter was secured, and Barnard College was named in honor of its most persistent advocate.

In October 1889, the first Barnard class met in a rented brownstone at 343 Madison Avenue. Fourteen students enrolled in the School of Arts and twenty-two “specials,” lacking the entrance requirements in Greek, enrolled in science. There was a faculty of six.

Nine years later Barnard moved to its present site in Morningside Heights. In 1900, Barnard was included in the educational system of Columbia University with provisions unique among women’s colleges: it was governed by its own Trustees, Faculty, and Dean, and was responsible for its own endowment and facilities, while sharing instruction, the library, and the degree of the University.

Barnard Today

From the original 14 students, enrollment has grown to over 3,000, with over 46,700 awarded degrees since 1893. The integration of teaching and scholarship occurs at an incomparable level at Barnard. Barnard's faculty of 259 women and men are teacher-scholars whose paramount concern is the education of undergraduate students and whose professional achievements bring added vitality to the classroom. This commitment to personal attention and high achievement provide the ultimate learning environment.

Barnard’s liberal arts education is broad in scope and demanding. The curriculum includes a series of general education requirements—a program of courses the faculty believes provides a stimulating and thorough education, while remaining flexible and varied enough to suit a student’s own interests, strengths, and talents. Classes vary in size. Those in which student participation is important are small. There are opportunities for independent study and students are often invited to work on research projects with faculty members.

In 2007, Barnard College and Columbia University amended and extended the longstanding agreement for cooperation between the institutions, an agreement which remains unique in higher education. Barnard stands as an independent college for women with its own curriculum, faculty, admissions standards, graduation requirements, trustees, endowment, and physical plant. At the same time, Barnard and Columbia share resources, thereby giving students open access to the courses, facilities, and libraries of both schools. Barnard and Columbia students also share in a wide variety of social and extracurricular activities. Barnard boasts 80 undergraduate clubs, and students have access to an additional 500+ student life opportunities at Columbia.

From its inception, Barnard has been committed to advancing the academic, personal, and professional success of women. Students benefit from an atmosphere in which over half of the full-time faculty are women, and women are well represented in the administration . The College is led by Sian Beilock, former Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology, Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives, and Executive Vice Provost and Officer of the University of Chicago. At Barnard, women are given the opportunities and the freedom to lead both in and out of the classroom, and to develop the skills that will equip them to lead throughout their lives.

Barnard’s unique ties to several of Columbia’s graduate schools and to premier New York City institutions, including the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Teachers College, give students an unusual range of educational options, including a number of joint degree programs.  At Barnard students can earn a bachelors and masters through one of our 4+1 programs within Columbia’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, The School of International and Public Affairs, The Mailman School of Public Health, The Harriman Institute and a quantitative masters at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Academic organizations within and beyond the University also offer vital opportunities for research, study, studio experience, internships, and community service.

Barnard has a high student retention rate, an indication of student satisfaction with the college experience. Barnard students also enjoy leaves for study, travel, and internships. By senior year, about three-quarters of students have undertaken an internship and/or pursued funded summer research across academic institutions, corporations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and in the arts. Every year Barnard admits about 100 transfer students who come to take advantage of the educational opportunities available to Barnard women.

Every year, Beyond Barnard collects and summarizes information about post-graduate study and employment. Within the first six months after graduation, 90% of Barnard graduates from Classes 2018-2020 were working or enrolled in graduate or professional schools. Full reports are available at Beyond Barnard's website.

Accreditation

Barnard College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools , 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215-662-5606. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.

The Barnard Education Program is accredited by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) and approved by the New York State Education Department to recommend students who complete the program for Initial Certification in either Childhood Education (Grades 1-6) or Adolescent Education (Grades 7-12). For more information, please visit https://education.barnard.edu/certification .

The Barnard campus occupies four acres of urban property along the west side of Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets. At the southern end of the campus, four residence buildings, Brooks Hall (1907), Hewitt Hall (1925), Helen Reid Hall (1961), and Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Hall (1988), form an enclosed quadrangle known as the "Quad."

Barnard Hall (1917) is just north of the “Quad” and contains seminar rooms, classrooms, and faculty offices, and dance studios. The Sulzberger Parlor on the third floor is used for meetings and special events. The Julius S. Held Lecture Hall is also on the third floor.

Just north of Barnard Hall is the newly constructed Cheryl and Philip Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning, opened in September 2018. Designed by the award-winning firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the 128,000-square-foot building—with a base of five floors and a tower of eleven floors adjacent to Altschul Hall—is a distinctive place that convenes students and faculty, facilitates collaboration, and fosters dialogue. It includes a new kind of library, one that brings together current technologies and learning spaces in an interactive setting. Furthermore, it is a dynamic academic hub of the campus, linking departments and disciplines both physically and philosophically.

Further to the north, Helen Goodhart Altschul Hall (1969) and the Diana Center (2010) face each other across an open plaza. The 14 stories of Altschul Hall are devoted to the sciences. Herbert H. Lehman Auditorium is on the first floor. The Diana Center was designed by the renowned architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi and is the student center for the campus. 

Milbank Hall (1897) occupies the furthest northern end of the campus and houses administrative and faculty offices, classrooms, the Arthur Ross Greenhouse, and the Minor Latham Playhouse, a well-equipped modern theater. 

In 2003, the College’s four oldest buildings - Brooks Hall, Hewitt Hall, Barnard Hall, and Milbank Hall, were added to the National Register of Historic Places.

In the immediate neighborhood, Barnard maintains additional residence halls, including Plimpton Hall, acquired in 1968; Eleanor Thomas Elliott Hall, formerly 49 Claremont Avenue, acquired in 1982 and renamed in 1992; Cathedral Gardens, constructed by Barnard in 2006; and 537 West 121st Street, acquired in 2019. In addition, three apartment buildings on West 116th Street, 600 (acquired in 1971), 616 (acquired in 1964), and 620 (acquired in 1968) are Barnard residence halls. The College also rents additional spaces at 601 West 110th Street.  

Columbia University is directly across the street on Broadway.

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Accessing Campus

General Campus Access

The campus is currently open to the public, and welcomes visitors, with restrictions. 

Faculty, staff and students (BC and CU)

The main gates at 117th street are open 24 hours. The 119th street gates and gates into the Quad (by the subway) are generally open 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.  Barnard and Columbia ID is required for entry to campus through the main gates, from 11 pm to 6 am

• Members of the Barnard community and CUID holders must swipe their BC/CU ID to gain entry to most buildings, including Barnard Hall, Altschul Hall, the Milstein Center and the "link" glass doors between Altschul and Milbank Halls.

Prospective Students and Families We welcome prospective families to visit campus. 

• Campus tours are generally offered several times a week once or twice a day and on select Saturdays and Sundays. Registration is required . The campus tour lasts approximately one hour and covers academics, campus life, student services, and residential living. Due to space limitations, we ask that you limit your party to one additional guest. If the tour registration is full, students can sign up for a waiting list and we will notify students if space opens up on a tour.
• Students and families are also welcome to walk around campus using our self-guided outdoor tour booklet, available at our main gates and also in our Visitor Center.
• A student ambassador is generally available Monday through Friday between 9 AM and 5 PM at the Visitor Center and on select weekends when tours are being held. Upon arrival to campus, please check in at the Admissions Visitor Center where a Barnard Student Admissions Representative will be available to greet you and check you in for the tour or provide you with a walking tour booklet. If the Visitor Center is not open, self-guided walking tour booklets are available at the main gate.

Visitors may not enter buildings at this time, except for the Visitor Center and the Diana Center, where  the Barnard Store  and Liz's Place café are located on the first floor. Restrooms can also be found in these locations. Prospective students and families are also encouraged to access our  virtual visits to learn more about Barnard’s campus. We also offer an inside peak at our residence halls here .

Other Casual Visitors Visitors may enter the Admissions Visitor Center and the Diana Center for bathroom access and to visit the Barnard Store and Liz's Place Café (limited weekday hours for both). 

Additional restrictions remain in place related to visitors:

• Faculty and staff families and children are not permitted indoors.
• See below for access information to student residence halls.

Any official event or gathering with attendees or speakers from outside the Barnard/Columbia community are not considered visitors and must be handled through separate campus access protocols. For information consult the Events Protocols or contact [email protected].

Visitors to the Residence Halls

Effective Saturday, September 10, Barnard’s residential guest policy is as follows:

Residential students are permitted to host affiliate and non-affiliate guests in the residence halls.

• Guests must be 18 years or older to enter the residence halls. Minors (17 or younger) are not currently permitted to be signed in as guests.
• Guests must be accompanied by their host at all times.
• Students may host one guest at a time, and the total number of people in a room or suite shall not exceed double the space’s assigned occupancy. For example, a suite of four residents shall not exceed a total of eight people in the space at one time (four residents, four guests).
• Enrolled Barnard students, regardless of the program of which they are participating that provided them housing, are accountable to the residential guest policy.

Barnard ID Holders

• Barnard College students with valid BC ID cards are permitted in any Barnard residence hall, whether or not they are the guest of any specific resident who lives in that building, and will not have to complete an attestation.
• Barnard student ID holders must tap their ID (or complete the entry form at residential buildings without card swipe capacity, if necessary) for the Access Attendant of the residence hall for entry.
• Barnard students are not permitted to sleep in the lounges or other public spaces of buildings of which they do not reside.
• Barnard students may only host guests in the residence in which they reside.

Columbia ID Holders and Non-affiliate Guests

• All non-Barnard College ID holder guests must be signed in to the building by a resident of that specific building.
• Columbia University students with valid CU ID cards, whether residential or not, are permitted in residence halls when accompanied by a current resident of that building. 
• All non-affiliate guests must be 18 years or older to enter the residence halls. Minors (17 or younger) are not currently permitted to be signed in as guests.

There are no specified visiting hours for guests.

• Overnight guests are allowed for a maximum of 4 days per 30-day period.
• Overnight guests must be accommodated in their host’s room and are not allowed to sleep in lounges or other public spaces.

Visitors for Official College Business

Visitors invited to campus for official College business by a department, office, or a member of the Barnard faculty or staff must be registered and approved in advance via the Registration Form for Campus Visitors, which is accessible via the Campus Access for Visitors page of the Barnard portal. This is an internal form only; users must be logged into their Barnard account to view the page and complete the form. Some visitors who are approved for extended access may be classed as "affiliates" and will have additional requirements and responsibilities. (The form will provide guidance as to whether the visitor should be classed as an affiliate). The process for bringing candidates for on-campus interviews is also featured on the Campus Access for Visitors page.

The Barnard liaison who is responsible for the visitor's time on campus must ensure that the visitor(s) perform the following:

• Are escorted by their Barnard liaison (or a designee) inside campus buildings
• Stay only as long as their scheduled meeting and visit only designated approved locations. 

Vendors Vendors may access campus through the submission of the vendor log/verification form and in compliance with the vendor protocols. The form should be submitted by the cognizant manager/liaison supervising the vendor’s work or performing business with the visitor. The cognizant manager/liaison must be on campus during the visit.   

Admissions & Campus Tours

We welcome prospective students to visit campus. Student-led outdoor tours are held several times a week and  require registration . Printed outdoor self-guided walking tour booklets are also available at the front gates of Barnard. A current student ambassador is available in the Visitors Center to answer any questions.

Visit Barnard through our numerous  Virtual Campus Visit Opportunities .

See and hear from Barnard in many ways:

• Sign up for student-led tour or take an outdoor on-campus self-guided tour
• Sign up for one of our live online information sessions .
• View our campus tour videos .
• Have questions about Barnard? Speak with current students in our StudentLife@Barnard Virtual Sessions or email [email protected]
• Watch a recorded online information session video on your own time .
• Keep up with the Admissions Blog .

The Student Store in located in the Diana Center is open to visitors.

Library Studying and Collaboration

Barnard Library in the Milstein Center welcomes students to study collaboratively or quietly, research and browse with collections, ask questions and learn from the Circulation & Help Desk staff members, meet with Personal Librarians and Archivists for research consultations and classes, and connect, research, and create with staff of the interdisciplinary Centers.

The Library space on floors LL-5 contain lively interdisciplinary centers, open collaborative study areas, a library instruction classroom, the active Circulation & Help Desk, and areas for quieter study.

Accessing Columbia's Campus

Barnard faculty, staff and students can access buildings and facilities on the University campus according to the protocols Columbia has set forth.  Barnard students have the same access as Columbia undergraduates, including the Kraft Center. To access campus, individuals must complete all required training and testing and must abide by public health protocols that can be found on the following pages:

Columbia’s COVID-19 Resource Guide for Students

Columbia Shuttle Information

Shuttle Service to Campus through Columbia Transportation

Please review Columbia Transportation for information on shuttle services, including t he Intercampus Shuttle Columbia also offers an on-demand Evening Shuttle , powered by Via , that runs between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. each night. For those interested in using Via outside of the Evening Shuttle service, Columbia affiliates can use a code to unlock 20% off all private rides.

Events and Gatherings

Events and Gatherings on Campus

COVID-19 protocols and restrictions are in place for campus events and gatherings to safeguard the health and safety of the community. These may impact location and size of gathering, availability of food and drink at the event, and other logistics.

Events must be requested and set up through Barnard’s Office of Events Management. Contact  [email protected] for specific restrictions in place and instructions on how to request and host events.

Limitations to events and gatherings will be revisited on a regular basis and the College will be responsive to current pandemic conditions.

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A visit to Barnard is ideal, but virtual tours can act to refresh your memory or as a preview for your on-site tour.

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Inevitably, on-campus tours of classrooms, libraries, dorms, and dining halls will start to blend. Jog your memory using the virtual tour and even explore the area surrounding the campus using the interactive mapping tool. If you're just beginning your college search, a virtual tour can be a great way to get a feel for a campus before your visit. Remember, when you do go, be sure to ask current students about their college life. A student perspective can be the most helpful way to gauge your future experience at Barnard College.

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Barnard College is a highly selective liberal arts college for women located in the Morningside Heights neighboorhood of Upper Manhattan. Columbia University is located directly across the street, and the two schools share many resources. Barnard and Columbia students can take classes at both schools, share the holdings of the 22 affiliated libraries , and compete in the joint athletic consortium. But unlike the now-defunct Harvard / Radcliffe relationship, Columbia and Barnard have separate financial resources, admission offices, and staffing.

During the 2010 - 2011 admissions cycle, just 28% of applicants were accepted to Barnard, and they had GPAs and test scores well above average. The college's many strengths made it an easy pick for our lists of top women's colleges , top Middle Atlantic colleges , and top New York colleges .

The campus is compact and sits between West 116th Street and West 120th Street on Broadway. The image above was taken from Lehman Lawn looking south towards Barnard Hall and Sulzberger Tower. During nice weather, you'll often find students studying and socializing on the lawn, and many professors hold class outside.

Barnard Hall at Barnard College

When you first enter the main gates to Barnard College , you'll be confronted by the pillared front of Barnard Hall. This large building serves a wide range of functions at the college. Inside you'll find classrooms, offices, studios, and event space. The Barnard Center for Research on Women is located on the first floor.

The building is also home to Barnard's athletic facilities. On the lower level are a swimming pool, track, weight room, and gym. Students also have access to Columbia's athletic facilities. Barnard students compete in the Columbia/Barnard Athletic Consortium, and this relationship makes Barnard the only women's college in the country that competes in the NCAA Division I. Barnard women can choose from sixteen intercollegiate sports.

Connected to the northwest corner of Barnard Hall is the Barnard Hall Dance Annex. The college has a strong dance program and has graduated many students who now work as professional dancers. Dance is also a popular area of study for students who are completing the visual and performing arts component of Barnard's "Nine Ways of Knowing" interdisciplinary foundation courses.

Lehman Hall at Barnard College

If you attend Barnard, you'll spend a lot of time in Lehman Hall. The first three floors of the building are home to Wollman Library, Barnard's primary research facility. Students have the added perk that they can use all of Columbia University's library facilities with its ten million volumes and 140,000 serials.

On the third floor of Lehman is the Sloate Media Center with eight Mac Pro workstations for creating a wide range of multimedia projects.

Lehman Hall is also home to three of Barnard College's most popular academic departments: Economics, Political Science , and History.

The Diana Center at Barnard College

Barnard College's newest building is The Diana Center, a 98,000 square foot structure first opened in 2010. The building serves a wide range of functions.

This new building is home to the Office of Student Life at Barnard College. Orientation, leadership programs, student government, student clubs and organizations, and the college's diversity initiatives are all centered in The Diana Center.

Other facilities in the building include a cafeteria, student store, art studios, art gallery, and the college's main computing center. On a lower level of The Diana Center is the state-of-the-art Glicker-Milstein Theatre, a versatile black box theater used by the Theatre Department and performance-related student organizations.

Not visible from Lehman Lawn, the roof of the Diana Center is part of the building's "green" design. The roof has a lawn and garden beds, and that space is used for lounging, outdoor classes, and ecological study. The green space on the roof also has environmental benefits as the soil insulates the building and keeps rainwater from the sewer system. The Diana Center earned LEED Gold certification for its energy-efficient and sustainable design.

Milbank Hall at Barnard College

When visiting campus, you can't miss Milbank Hall -- it dominates the entire north end of campus. Looking up, you'll notice a greenhouse on the upper level that is used for botanical research.

Milbank Hall is Barnard's original and oldest building. First opened in 1896, this historic 121,000 square foot building stands at the heart of Barnard's academic life. Within Milbank, you'll find the departments of Africana Studies, Anthropology, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Classics, Foreign Languages, Math, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Theatre. The Theatre Department uses the Minor Latham Playhouse on the first floor of Milbank for many of its productions.

The building is also home to many of the university's administrative offices. You'll find offices for the President, Provost, Registrar, Bursar, Dean of Studies, Dean for Study Abroad , Financial Aid and Admissions in Milbank.

Altschul Hall at Barnard College

Barnard is one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country for science, and you'll find the departments of biology, chemistry, environmental science, physics, and neuroscience all in Altschul Hall.

The 118,000 square-foot tower was built in 1969 and contains numerous classrooms, laboratories, and faculty offices. Even non-science majors will frequent Altschul -- the mailroom and student mailboxes are all located on the lower level.

Brooks Hall at Barnard College

Built in 1907, Brooks Hall was the first residence hall at Barnard. The building is home to 125 first-year students and a few transfer students. The majority of rooms are doubles, triples, and quads, and students share bathrooms on each floor. Barnard residence halls all have internet connectivity, laundry facilities, common rooms, and options for cable and small refrigerators.

Brooks Hall is located on the south end of Barnard's campus and is part of the residential quad with Hewitt Hall, Reid Hall, and Sulzberger Hall. The dining hall is in the basement of Hewitt, and all first-year students are required to participate in Barnard's unlimited meal plan.

Room and board at Barnard is not cheap, but it is a bargain when compared to the typical cost of living and dining off-campus in New York City.

Hewitt Hall at Barnard College

Built in 1925, Hewitt Hall is home to 215 sophomores, juniors, and seniors at Barnard College. Most rooms are singles, and students share a bathroom on each floor. Kitchens and lounge areas are in adjoining Sulzberger Hall. The college's main dining hall is in the basement of Hewitt.

Hewitt, like all of Barnard's residence halls, has a desk attendant 24 hours a day to make sure students' living environment is safe and secure.

The first floor of Hewitt is home to several college services: the Counseling Center, Disability Services, and the Alcohol and Substance Awareness Program.

Sulzberger Hall and Tower at Barnard College

Sulzberger is the largest residence hall at Barnard College. The lower floors are home to 304 first-year students, and the tower houses 124 upperclasswomen.

Sulzberger Hall is made up of double and triple occupancy rooms, and each floor has a lounge, kitchenette, and a shared bathroom. Sulzberger Tower has mostly single occupancy rooms, and each hall has two lounge/kitchen areas and a shared bathroom.

For the 2011 - 2012 academic year, single occupancy rooms cost $1,200 more than shared rooms.

The Courtyard in the Barnard College Quad

Barnard College's four main residence halls -- Hewitt, Brooks, Reid, and Sulzberger -- surround a quaint landscaped courtyard. The benches and cafe tables of the Arthur Ross Courtyard make a perfect spot for reading or studying on a warm afternoon.

While all first-year students live in the Quad, the college owns several other properties for upperclass students. These buildings have suite-style rooms with bathrooms and kitchens shared by suite occupants. A few upperclass Barnard students live in Columbia residence halls and sororities. Overall, 98% of first-year students and 90% of all students live in some form of campus housing .

The View of Barnard College From Broadway

Prospective Barnard students should keep in mind that the college is in a bustling urban environment. The photo above was taken from the Columbia University side of Broadway. In the center of the photo is Reid Hall, one of the residence halls for first-year students. To the left is Brooks Hall on West 116th Street, and to the right of Reid is Sulzberger Hall and Sulzberger Tower.

Barnard's location in Upper Manhattan places it within an easy walk to Harlem, City College of New York , Morningside Park, Riverside Park, and the northern end of Central Park. Columbia University is just a few steps away. The subway stops just outside Barnard's main gates, so students have ready access to all the attractions of New York City.

Vagelos Alumnae Center at Barnard College

The benefits of attending a prestigious college like Barnard continue long after graduation. Barnard has a strong alumnae network of over 30,000 women, and the college has many programs designed to connect and support graduates on both the professional and personal fronts. The college also works to connect current students to alumnae for mentoring and networking.

At the heart of Barnard's Alumnae Association is the Vagelos Alumnae Center. The center is located in the "Deanery," an apartment in Hewitt Hall that was once home to a Barnard Dean. The center has a living room and dining room that alumnae can use for meetings and social events.

Visitor Center at Barnard College

If you want to tour Barnard College, walk through the main gates on Broadway, turn left, and you'll be at the Visitor Center in the Sulzberger Annex (above you will be Sulzberger Hall and Tower, two of Barnard's residence halls). Tours leave the Visitor Center at 10:30 and 2:30 Monday through Friday and take about an hour. After the tour, you can attend an informational session by one of Barnard's admissions counselors and learn about the college and student life.

You don't need an appointment to take a tour, but you should check Barnard's Admissions homepage before showing up to make sure tours are operating on the usual schedule.

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Rep. Torres: Columbia president “should step aside” if she cannot lead with moral clarity

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New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat, criticized Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, saying she has “chosen to surrender control of Columbia to an antisemitic fringe." Torres also said canceling in-person classes is “an admission of failure” by Shafik.

“If you cannot ensure the safety of your students, then you have no business serving as President of any university, let alone the alma mater of Alexander Hamilton,” Torres said in a statement. “What Columbia University needs is not an appeaser of antisemitism but a leader who will fight with moral clarity against it.”

He continued, “That Columbia University has failed its Jewish students so profoundly is an indelible stain on the soul of the institution. If the President of Columbia University cannot lead with moral clarity, then she should step aside for a true leader who can and will.”

Hakeem Jeffries: Antisemitic rhetoric "unacceptable and deeply disturbing"

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday condemned antisemitism amid ongoing protests at Columbia University and other colleges across the US. 

“The antisemitic rhetoric and intimidation deployed by some students and outside protestors on college campuses in New York City and beyond is completely unacceptable and deeply disturbing,” Jeffries, a Democrat who also represents New York, said in a statement. “Every American has the constitutional right to free speech and peaceful assembly in the public square. However, intentionally targeting Jews or any community on the basis of race, religion or ethnicity, acts of harassment and the use of physical violence will never be tolerated.” 

He also said the effort to crush antisemitism and hatred “is not a Democratic or Republican issue. It’s an American issue that should bind us all together.”

“We will continue to do everything possible to protect the Jewish community during this very fraught moment, fight the cancer of antisemitism and redouble our efforts to bring communities together,” Jeffries said.

Trump says Columbia University made “grave mistake” making classes hybrid amid tense demonstrations on campus

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Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he thought leadership at Columbia University made a “grave mistake” in making all classes at its main campus hybrid until the spring semester ends after days of tense demonstrations on campus.

“What's going on with the colleges where they're closing Columbia now? I mean, it's just crazy. Columbia should gain a little strength, a little courage and keep their school open. It's crazy. Because that means the other side wins,” Trump told reporters at Trump Tower as he took a few questions after greeting former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso.

 Trump said, “The people running Columbia have made a grave mistake.”

Barnard students on suspension "no longer have access" to most campus buildings

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Barnard President Laura Rosenbury confirmed in a statement yesterday that students on interim suspension "no longer have access to most Barnard buildings."

She said Dean Leslie Grinage is "helping students find alternative housing arrangements when needed."

The statement also said Barnard will consider lifting suspensions for students who have an otherwise clean record and commit to a probationary period.

A Barnard student alleged on X that she was suspended and evicted from housing.

Correction: This post has been updated to correct President Rosenbury's first name. It is Laura.

House Speaker Johnson to visit Columbia University Wednesday

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House Speaker Mike Johnson will head to Columbia University Wednesday to visit with Jewish students and deliver remarks and hold a press conference “regarding the troubling rise of virulent antisemitism on America’s college campuses,” according to his office.

This comes as pro-Palestinian protests have rocked major American universities, including Columbia. After days of tense demonstrations, Columbia University announced it is  moving to mostly hybrid classes  on its main campus until the end of the semester, April 29.

New York House Republicans have called on Columbia president Minouche Shafik to resign immediately for failing to crack down on the protests.

Students, faculty and staff at University of New Mexico protest in support of Gaza

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Students, faculty and staff at the University of New Mexico started protesting Monday in support of Gaza and have done so peacefully, the university said in a statement Tuesday. 

On Tuesday, "members of our UNM community assembled at the UNM Duck Pond in peaceful protest," the statement said. Some people brought tents and sleeping bags, which is in violation of school policy, and campus police told them citations or arrests would occur if not removed, they said. 

"Police monitored the situation throughout the evening, without incident, and around midnight advised those who were remaining that their tents needed to be taken down or they would be cited," the statement said. "The tents were eventually taken down, with some people remaining at the duck pond."

As of Tuesday, there are about a dozen people at the duck pond with banners and chairs, but no tents, the statement said, and the university continues to monitor the situation. 

"The University is grateful to our entire community for modeling how protests can occur in a way that both upholds freedom of expression and ensures a safe and productive campus environment for everyone," the statement said. 

Students at Columbia University encampment say they plan to occupy until demands are met

From CNN's Omar Jimenez and Taylor Romine

Students occupying the West Lawn at Columbia University said Tuesday they are planning on staying there until the university meets their demands of divestment.

They are asking for a “complete divestment” from anything related to Israel, financial transparency into the university’s investments and amnesty from any disciplinary measures for students participating in the protests.  

“This is what we are here for – calling for an end to genocide and for Columbia to financially divest from the violent Zionist settler entity,” a student who identified themself as W told CNN. 

“We are putting our principles into action, and we plan to continue to do so by being here every day until Columbia divests." 

The group is in negotiations with the university through a legal negotiator, said student organizer Khymani James, who declined to share details of the negotiations.  

When asked about the encampment making Jewish students feel unsafe on campus, W said protesters try their best “to make sure everyone feels safe in the encampment," and their community guidelines “preach and hope for peace continuously.” 

Columbia University officials warn ongoing encampment is in violation of university rules

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Columbia University officials warned Tuesday that the ongoing encampment is in violation of university rules — but school leaders have not given specifics on disciplinary actions.

“The safety of our community is our number one priority,” university spokesperson Ben Chang said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. “That includes the safety of the encampment that continues to grow. We are watching this closely.”

University officials met with student organizers until 2 am ET Tuesday to discuss the situation, Chang said. “Columbia students have the right to protest but they are not allowed to disrupt campus life or harass and intimidate fellow students and members of our community," he added.

Chang said acts of vandalism, reports of harassment and discrimination have all been reported during the ongoing protest.

Officials will not release the specifics of student suspensions as “disciplinary actions continue” on campus.

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NPR's A Martinez speaks to Debbie Becher, associate professor at Barnard College, about a wave of protests on college campuses amid growing tensions on campuses over Israel's war in Gaza.

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Demonstrations focused on the Israel-Hamas war are roiling a number of college campuses. About 45 people were arrested at Yale yesterday while protesting against investment in weapons for Israel, while students on other campuses across the country walked out or set up encampments declaring solidarity with pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University. Columbia is where police were called last week to make arrests. And yesterday, Columbia canceled in-person classes after Jewish students said they didn't feel safe.

For more, let's talk with Debbie Becher. She's an associate professor of sociology at Barnard College, which is part of Columbia. She joined a faculty protest at Columbia yesterday. Professor, what does it feel like on your campus now?

DEBBIE BECHER: Thank you for asking. In my campus, it actually feels quite safe and peaceful. It's unfortunate that leaders are telling Jewish students who support Israel's war on Gaza that they are unsafe and that the national news and some social media had been portraying our campuses as rife with violence and protests. In fact, the center of attention - there's an encampment, a pro-Palestinian encampment, at Columbia right now - has been a place of sharing and community building. Students have watched movies there. They hold teach-ins. They study. They eat together.

Last night, I attended a Passover seder in the middle of it with about 75 Jewish students, a dozen Jewish faculty and many non-Jewish students and faculty. It was beautiful to see so many different cultures participating in a seder in a pro-Palestinian space. And I think it's important to say that we can't keep one group safe by punishing and repressing others.

So what's happening is that, in the name of preventing antisemitism, the university has suspended a dozen or more Jewish students for taking part in nondisruptive, peaceful action. Does their safety matter? What about the safety of Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, Black and brown students arrested by the NYPD at Columbia's request and those kicked out of their dorms by Barnard College?

MARTÍNEZ: So you're saying there is communication happening, that people are talking to each other face to face.

BECHER: Absolutely. There is more talking happening now in the last week that protests have resumed, even though the university is calling them unauthorized. I think what I want people to know is that the actual crisis here is the university leadership's failure to stand up to pressure from right-wing actors. These actors don't care about universities or student well-being.

We wanted our leadership and have wanted our leadership to support student and faculty rigorous debate, to support the way that we teach and learn. And instead, they're capitulating to right-wing actors who want to gut universities for what they see as our woke indoctrination. They don't care about our students.

And our president has - over the past six months and at Congress last week - abandoned our institutions of academic freedom, freedom of expression and turned our campus into a police state. And now other campuses around the country are following suit. We have institutions where students and faculty together work out how they think, how they feel, how to learn together. That's what universities are for. And it will make people uncomfortable, and we expect that, and we need to support the institutions of freedom that allow us to manage these difficult times.

MARTÍNEZ: What would you say, though, Professor, to a student, a Jewish student, who feels that maybe their - that what's going on now has gone to antisemitic language?

BECHER: I would say that antisemitism is something that needs to be approached seriously. It's everywhere. It is not a tool in a political game. And it's being used by Congress and universities in the last six months as a tool in politics. Antisemitism deserves rigor. That means we need procedures in place for investigations. What we don't need is panicking and caving in response to external pressure.

What we've seen is that congressional Republicans and Democrats are going along with those who are panicking, and the university is going along with the Republicans and Democrats and getting immediate results in the form of firing, suspensions and expulsions. That's political point scoring, not student well-being. And it's making it worse, not better. When the university uses this kind of disproportionate power in the interest of one group, supposedly, this is just going to reinforce for them and their peers the idea that Jews have disproportionate power, a core antisemitic belief.

MARTÍNEZ: That's Debbie Becher, associate professor of sociology at Barnard College. Thank you very much for speaking with us.

BECHER: Thank you.

MARTÍNEZ: And in a statement to NPR, Columbia University said Columbia students have the right to protest, but they are not allowed to disrupt campus life or harass and intimidate fellow students. They went on to say they are acting on concerns expressed by Jewish students to ensure the community remains safe.

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108 arrested at pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University

Over 100 people were arrested and issued summonses for trespass — including Rep. Ilhan Omar ’s daughter — after protesters set up an encampment at New York’s Columbia University in support of Gaza, police said.

The demonstrators occupied the space on the university's South Lawn for 30 hours, Mayor Eric Adams said after the arrests Thursday. Columbia asked the NYPD for help and said the students had been suspended and were refusing to leave, police said.

“Columbia University’s students have a proud history of protests and raising their voices,” Adams said, but he said that they don’t have the right to violate university policies.

“We will not be a city of lawlessness,” Adams said.

Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, 21, who attends neighboring Barnard College in Manhattan, said on social media platform X that she was suspended for “standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide,” along with at least two other students.

Hirsi, an organizer with a student group that advocates for Palestinians, said this was her first time being punished as a student activist in her three years at the New York City school. 

"Those of us in Gaza Solidarity Encampment will not be intimidated,” she wrote.

More than 108 were arrested and given summonses for trespass, including Hirsi, police said. Two of those people were also charged with obstruction of governmental administration, according to authorities.

The students that were arrested were peaceful, did not resist “and saying what they wanted to say in a peaceful manner,” NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said.

But around 500 other students left class and surrounded the quad “and were telling us that we’re the KKK,” among other insults, Caban said. Video from the scene obtained by NBC News shows crowds chanting “shame on you!” but does not capture the entire incident.

Columbia University’s president, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, said in a memo to police earlier Thursday that more than 100 people were occupying the area.

"I have determined that the encampment and related disruptions pose a clear and present danger to the substantial functioning of the University," the memo said.

Shafik said the demonstrators were trespassing, refusing to disperse and damaging campus property, among other violations.

In a statement Thursday, Shafik said she authorized police to clear the encampment “out of an abundance of concern” for safety on campus. 

By late Thursday afternoon, police had disassembled the original tent encampment, but protesters were beginning to build a new one on an adjacent lawn.

"Columbia is committed to allowing members of our community to engage in political expression — within established rules and with respect for the safety of all," the memo said.

Barnard said its staff identified its students who were at the encampment Wednesday and told them to leave or face sanctions. Those still there Thursday morning were placed on interim suspension, the university said . The camp was set up during the early morning hours of Wednesday, it said.

Barnard did not say how many students were suspended or confirm that Hirsi was among them. It did not say how long the suspension would last but said it would continue to suspend students who stay. 

“Now and always, we prioritize our students’ learning and living in an inclusive environment free from harassment,” the school said in a memo about the suspensions.

Hirsi could not be immediately reached for comment. 

Omar did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Democrat, who represents Minnesota, is a Somali refugee who made history as one of the first two Muslim American women elected to Congress.

On Wednesday, Omar questioned Shafik about protests on campus during a congressional hearing in which Shafik strongly denounced antisemitism.

Omar told Shafik she was "appalled" to learn that Columbia suspended six students this month for their involvement in a pro-Palestinian panel event on campus.

“There has been a recent attack on the democratic rights of students across the country," Omar said.

At a news conference by Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine held outside Columbia University President Minouche Shafik's residence, student Layla Saliba condemned the clearing of the camp.

"What happened today at Columbia University was an act of violence towards Arab, Muslim, Palestinian students, Jewish students and just anybody who supports Palestinian liberation,” she said.

Saliba, in the school of social work, and others criticized Shafik, including for her testimony before Congress Wednesday. The arrests are part of an effort on campus to attack those with pro-Palestinian views, she said.

Tensions over free speech have erupted on some U.S. college campuses since the war between Hamas and Israel started in October.

This week, the University of Southern California canceled a Muslim student's valedictorian speech out of security concerns. Last week, a University of California, Berkeley, professor  confronted a Muslim student  during a dinner for graduating law students.

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Amid protests and calls for her resignation, the university’s board of trustees expresses support for minouche shafik.

Minouche Shafik has been president of Columbia University for less than a year . But any grace period typically afforded to a new leader of a large and complicated institution abruptly ended this month, as she faces intense pressure, and outright hostility, on numerous fronts.

Ongoing protests over the Israel-Gaza war have effectively ground normal university life to a halt on the Ivy League campus, and Shafik now finds herself in the crosshairs of Republican lawmakers including House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.), who visited Columbia on Wednesday and called on her to resign. At least two prominent donors also have paused contributions.

On campus, Shafik faces anger from some and disappointment from others, drawing scrutiny after she summoned New York police to clear an encampment on campus last week , which led to the arrest of more than 100 people.

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“I can’t think of anybody that is super pro-Minouche Shafik right now,” said Jared Kannel, 26, a student from Massachusetts who has been protesting as a member of Columbia University Jews for Ceasefire and the campus chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. “There are a lot of students that want her to step down, on both sides, for different reasons.”

“She has forfeited the privilege to lead one of the world’s great research universities, by not standing up for it,” Christopher Brown, a professor of history, said Wednesday. He said he watched in disbelief last week as Shafik and other university leaders testified before a House committee on antisemitism. Instead of defending the strengths of the institution, he said, she repeatedly apologized.

Despite the considerable headwinds, Shafik retains support from some on the campus. Hours after Johnson’s visit, Columbia’s Board of Trustees issued a strong statement of support for the university’s leader.

“The Columbia University Board of Trustees strongly supports President Shafik as she steers the university through this extraordinarily challenging time,” the board said. During the search process for the presidency, Shafik pledged to always take a thoughtful approach to resolving conflict and “balancing the disparate voices that make up a vibrant campus like Columbia’s, while taking a firm stance against hatred, harassment, and discrimination. That’s exactly what she’s doing now,” it said.

Shafik began as Columbia’s president in July , leading a university with 17 schools and about 35,000 students in the heart of New York. Shafik, who was born in Egypt and whose family fled to the United States in the 1960s, is an economist who has worked for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England.

Just a few months into her tenure, the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and the resulting Israel-Gaza war touched off intense protests on Columbia’s campus that have continued for months , bringing the same challenges that university leaders across the country are facing to balance students’ right to express their views with the need to ensure students feel safe on campus — with added intensity given the school’s location and student population in New York.

Amid the sustained student protests, Shafik also is contending with a congressional investigation into campus antisemitism, multiple lawsuits, an Education Department probe, volatile protests by external groups outside university gates, tense negotiations with passionate student protesters inside the gates, and sudden visits from high-profile lawmakers.

In recent days, prominent donors have paused giving. Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots and founder of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, announced this week that he will pause his donations until the university takes corrective action because he is no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff. He called on university leaders to stop the protests and work to earn back the trust of many who have lost faith in the school.

Len Blavatnik, a billionaire businessman and philanthropist whose foundation has given $10 million to establish a fund at the engineering school, has suspended his donations until he sees the university take action to prevent campus antisemitism, according to a spokeswoman.

The pressure on presidents from many sides is escalating, said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education.

“This is like trying to tap-dance on a surfboard, with the waves growing in intensity,” Mitchell said.

Being a college president has never been an easy job, he said, but in the past 10 or 15 years the challenges have magnified for numerous reasons. That includes ramped-up political pressure, from federal and state lawmakers and from donors and others, “who feel they have a stake in an institution, and that stake comes with a voice, if not a vote.”

On Columbia’s campus, some are frustrated by all the external scrutiny.

“It’s clear that outside forces are trying to divide us here on campus, and that’s very sad,” said Andrew Marks, chair of the department of physiology and cellular biophysics. “I know we’re supposed to be here to pursue education and teaching, and to see the university torn apart like this is a terrible thing.”

Brown said he talked to a couple of students Tuesday who said the Columbia community needs to give Shafik a chance to lead, rather than rushing to judgment. But he has also talked to other students who were “so aghast that the police were called in precipitously in such a massive show of force that they feel like they can never trust the administration, regardless of what happens from here.”

Last week, Shafik spent hours on Capitol Hill answering scathing questions from a House committee about antisemitism on campus , just as three university presidents had done in December with disastrous results; the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard resigned within weeks of their testimony, in which they repeatedly declined to say that calls for the genocide of Jews would violate their campus policies.

While Shafik and other university leaders were testifying that they will enforce rules about demonstrations, an unauthorized protest was happening at Columbia, with pro-Palestinian students in tents at the heart of the school’s Morningside campus.

The following day, the New York Police Department swept onto campus and arrested more than 100 students, a response that was criticized by some as far too harsh and antithetical to the university’s long tradition of celebrating student activism, and by others as ineffectual or even counterproductive, since the protests continued and drew large crowds of supporters to the streets outside the university gates.

In the days since, encampments have popped up at other schools across the country, while Columbia officials negotiate with protesters around-the-clock in an effort to de-escalate the situation and a growing number of external critics weigh in.

The Columbia University and Barnard College chapters of the American Association of University Professors introduced into the University Senate a resolution of censure against several of Columbia’s top leaders.

The proposed resolution criticizes Shafik, the university’s general counsel, chief operating officer and the co-chairs of the Board of Trustees. “President Shafik’s violation of the fundamental requirements of academic freedom and shared governance, and her unprecedented assault on students’ rights, warrants unequivocal and emphatic condemnation,” the resolution reads.

The proposed resolution is not a call for Shafik’s resignation, noted Sheldon Pollock, a professor of South Asian studies at Columbia University.

On Wednesday, Shafik met with faculty at a closed-door meeting.

Jeanine D’Armiento, a professor of medicine in anesthesiology at Columbia and chair of the executive committee of the University Senate, said Wednesday that the meeting was the beginning of a process and that there was nothing to report. On Monday, she said that the Senate supports Shafik, and the body recently wrote a letter expressing that.

That does not mean all members of the Senate are supportive of the decision to bring in police last week to arrest student protesters, D’Armiento said at the time. “We have had, obviously, concerns over a lot of administrative decisions that have been made,” she said. But the president is new at a complicated university, she said. “We find issues with what happened, and we support her.”

The University Senate is expected to meet again Friday.

Henning Schulzrinne, a professor of computer science and of electrical engineering, said Wednesday that not since protests in 1968 have university leaders confronted such issues that are so personal for so many, so divisive, and test the boundaries of speech and safety and protest so starkly. “Most people,” he said, “recognize that this is an almost impossible situation.”

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• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

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Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

+ for 3-hour tour

Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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Johnson Calls to End Pro-Palestinian Protests, Including by Military Means

The Republican speaker appeared on Columbia University’s campus to condemn protesters as antisemitic and urge stronger action by the school’s president and President Biden.

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Johnson Condemns Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia University

House speaker mike johnson delivered brief remarks at columbia university on wednesday, demanding white house action and invoking the possibility of bringing in the national guard to quell the pro-palestinian protests. students interrupted his speech with jeers..

“A growing number of students have chanted in support of terrorists. They have chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them. They have shouted racial epithets. They have screamed at those who bear the Star of David.” [Crowd chanting] “We can’t hear you.” [clapping] We can’t hear you.” “Enjoy your free speech. My message to the students inside the encampment is get — go back to class and stop the nonsense. My intention is to call President Biden after we leave here and share with him what we have seen with our own two eyes and demand that he take action. There is executive authority that would be appropriate. If this is not contained quickly, and if these threats and intimidation are not stopped, there is an appropriate time for the National Guard. We have to bring order to these campuses. We cannot allow this to happen around the country.”

By Annie Karni

• April 24, 2024

Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said President Biden should take action, including potentially sending in the National Guard, to quell pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and on other campuses across the country that he said had grown violent and antisemitic.

“There is executive authority that would be appropriate,” Mr. Johnson said during a news conference on the steps of Columbia’s Low Library, where he was booed and heckled by some onlookers. “If these threats are not stopped, there is an appropriate time for the National Guard. We have to bring order to these campuses.”

A number of hard-right Republican lawmakers, including Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Josh Hawley of Missouri, have recently called for troops to be sent in to crack down on pro-Palestinian protests on campus. Mr. Cotton did the same in 2020 when he said military force should be used to put down riots across the country amid the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by the police in Minneapolis.

The United States has a grim history of employing the military to quell campus protests. In 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on antiwar protesters at Kent State University , killing four students and wounding nine others.

Organizers of many of the campus groups leading protests around the country have said they denounce violence and antisemitism. But as tensions have risen in recent days, some demonstrators have used anti-Jewish and anti-Israel slurs and other threatening language, and some have expressed sympathy for Hamas. In one instance, a masked protester shouted, “We are Hamas. We’re all Hamas.” And according to the campus Chabad at Columbia, Jewish students have been verbally harassed with calls to “go back to Europe" and “stop killing children.”

Jewish students on many campuses have reported feeling unsafe, while many pro-Palestinian protesters have said they are being lumped with threatening actors in an attempt to silence them.

Mr. Johnson, who is battling a rebellion on his right, is the latest Republican to insert himself into the increasingly tense cultural moment unfolding on university campuses in response to the Israel-Gaza war in efforts to reap political advantage. Republicans have tried to use the conflict, which is dividing progressives and posing a political problem for Mr. Biden, to put the academic left on the spot and position themselves as the party more steadfast in its support for Israel and concerned with the safety of Jews.

Mr. Johnson’s visit to campus came days after the House approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan , a move that put Mr. Johnson’s job on the line as the hard right, opposed to backing Kyiv, revolted over the spending package.

On Wednesday, Mr. Johnson, who met with Jewish students privately before his news conference, appeared to be looking for an opportunity to reclaim some conservative credibility and spotlight an issue that unites his party. He said that Dr. Nemat Shafik, the university president whom he also met with briefly, should resign if she cannot immediately get the situation under control. He called her a “very weak and inept leader.”

And he accused progressives of stoking antisemitism in America.

“Powerful people have refused to condemn it, and some have even peddled it themselves,” he said. Mr. Johnson said that Congress needed to “revoke federal funding to these universities if they can’t keep control.”

Mr. Johnson’s brief remarks were interrupted by jeers from students, including one who called him “racist.”

“Don’t lie about what’s going on on campus!” another shouted at him.

A large crowd assembled as Mr. Johnson spoke, building to hundreds and at one point breaking into chant of “Free, Free Palestine!”

Mr. Johnson, looking perturbed by the interruptions, coolly responded: “Enjoy your free speech.”

He said he was there “to proclaim to all of those who gnash their teeth and demand to wipe the state of Israel off the map, and attack our innocent Jewish students, this simple truth: Neither Israel, nor these Jewish students on campus, will ever stand alone.”

The mounting unrest on campuses has splintered Democrats who were already divided over the conflict, with many on the left expressing sympathy with the pro-Palestinian protests, which include some Jews. Others in the party voice concern for Jewish students experiencing a hostile environment at their schools.

A group of House Democrats including Representatives Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Dan Goldman of New York, Jared Moskowitz of Florida and Kathy Manning of North Carolina toured the Columbia campus with Jewish students earlier this week and called on the university to take stronger action to protect them.

But Mr. Goldman also cautioned against calling for Dr. Shafik’s immediate resignation.

“It is very easy and very politically expedient to simply call for the resignation of anyone who does not do exactly right in every situation,” he told reporters.

Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota — whose daughter, a Barnard College student, was suspended last week for her involvement in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia — appeared on Tuesday at the University of Minnesota to praise pro-Palestinian protesters there.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, called the protests at Columbia “peaceful” and denounced a decision by the university administration last week to call in the New York City police to arrest more than 100 student protesters who had organized the encampment on a school lawn and refused to leave.

The administration’s move came a day after Dr. Shafik assured Congress during a heated hearing that Columbia was committed to taking serious action against antisemitism on campus, including by suspending students and disciplining certain faculty members.

But the extraordinary step did not quell the calls from the right for her resignation. And it only enraged the students involved in the protests.

Some Columbia faculty members have called the university’s action an “unprecedented assault on student rights.”

Mr. Johnson on Wednesday said he had a simple message for the students involved in the pro-Palestinian protests: “Go back to class, and stop the nonsense,” he said. “Stop wasting your parents’ money.”

Liset Cruz contributed reporting.

Annie Karni is a congressional correspondent for The Times. She writes features and profiles, with a recent focus on House Republican leadership. More about Annie Karni

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