2009

2009 in Columbia's future...

• Columbia College Dean Austin Quigley set to step down
• Barnard's Nexus student center slated to open

Spring

• January: Lee Bollinger announces that the ongoing financial crisis causes a catastrophic drop in Columbia's endowment funds
• January 20: Barack Obama inaugurated, the first Columbia graduate to become President of the United States
• March 24: Due to an ongoing budget crunch, the Columbia College administration announces plans to admit 50 more students into the Class of 2013. To accommodate them, a former graduate residence, Harmony Hall, is opened to the housing lottery

Preceded by 2008

History of Columbia University  2009

Succeeded by 2010