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<article id="post-3555" class="et_pb_post post-3555 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-featured tag-columbia-university"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/soulaymane-kachani-senior-viceprovost/">Soulaymane Kachani Appointed Senior Vice Provost</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/author/mtn2116/" title="Posts by Merrell Norden" rel="author">Merrell Norden</a></span> | <span class="published">Feb 23, 2022</span> | <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a>, <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/featured/" rel="category tag">Featured</a></p>Soulaymane Kachani was appointed Senior Vice Provost on January 1, 2022. Below are the announcements from Provost Mary Boyce and Interim Dean of Columbia Engineering Shih-Fu Chang that were shared with the community this week. #### February 21, 2022 Announcement... </article> <article id="post-3542" class="et_pb_post post-3542 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-featured tag-columbia-university tag-moocs tag-public-health"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/new-mooc-menstruation-global-context/">New MOOC: Menstruation in a Global Context</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/author/columbiaonline/" title="Posts by Columbia Online" rel="author">Columbia Online</a></span> | <span class="published">Nov 18, 2021</span> | <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a>, <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/featured/" rel="category tag">Featured</a></p>Columbia University Launches Open Online Course—Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policy and Practice NEW YORK, New York. Columbia University has released an open online course, Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policy and Practice, to provide... </article> <article id="post-3524" class="et_pb_post post-3524 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-featured tag-columbia-university tag-inclusive-teaching tag-online-teaching"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/inclusive-online-teaching/">What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/author/columbiaonline/" title="Posts by Columbia Online" rel="author">Columbia Online</a></span> | <span class="published">Jun 17, 2021</span> | <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a>, <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/featured/" rel="category tag">Featured</a></p>Vice Provost Soulaymane Kachani, Amanda Irvin, and Catherine Ross co-authored an article that was recently published on EdSurge titled “What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching”: “It’s not surprising that most higher... </article> <article id="post-3529" class="et_pb_post post-3529 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-announcements category-featured category-seminars"> <a class="entry-featured-image-url" href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/purdue-global-pcool/"> <img src="http://online.columbia.edu/files/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-10-11-at-4.12.05-PM-1080x656.png" alt="Innovative Online Education for All: A Conversation with Purdue University Global" class="" width="1080" height="675" srcset="http://online.columbia.edu/files/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-10-11-at-4.12.05-PM-1080x656.png 1080w, http://online.columbia.edu/files/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-10-11-at-4.12.05-PM-980x511.png 980w, http://online.columbia.edu/files/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-10-11-at-4.12.05-PM-480x250.png 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" /> </a> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/purdue-global-pcool/">Innovative Online Education for All: A Conversation with Purdue University Global</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/author/columbiaonline/" title="Posts by Columbia Online" rel="author">Columbia Online</a></span> | <span class="published">Apr 11, 2021</span> | <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a>, <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/featured/" rel="category tag">Featured</a>, <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/seminars/" rel="category tag">Seminars</a></p><p>On January 7th 2021, the Chancellor and the Provost of Purdue University Global joined us via videoconference to discuss how they are building and providing greater access to affordable, high-quality, world-class online education.</p> </article> <article id="post-3522" class="et_pb_post post-3522 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-featured tag-augmented-reality tag-columbia-university tag-extended-reality tag-innovation tag-virtual-reality"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/xr-tools-higher-ed/">How Extended Reality Tools Can Bring New Life to Higher Education</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/author/columbiaonline/" title="Posts by Columbia Online" rel="author">Columbia Online</a></span> | <span class="published">Mar 30, 2021</span> | <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a>, <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/featured/" rel="category tag">Featured</a></p>  Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Soulaymane Kachani wrote an article that was published on EdSurge this week titled “How Extended Reality Tools Can Bring New Life to Higher Education. “For video game players, the 2010s were a... </article> <article id="post-3512" class="et_pb_post post-3512 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-featured tag-columbia-university tag-columbia-video-network tag-computer-science tag-data-science tag-engineering-masters tag-graduate-engineering tag-industrial-engineering"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/cvn-best-online-graduate-engineering-program/">Columbia Engineering Ranked #1 for Online Graduate Engineering Programs by the U.S. News & World Report Four Years in a Row</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/author/mtn2116/" title="Posts by Merrell Norden" rel="author">Merrell Norden</a></span> | <span class="published">Feb 5, 2021</span> | <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a>, <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/featured/" rel="category tag">Featured</a></p>For the fourth consecutive year, Columbia Engineering is ranked #1 online graduate engineering program by the 2021 edition of the U.S. News & World Report. The ranking methodology centers on faculty excellence, student engagement, evaluation by peers, student... </article> <article id="post-3428" class="et_pb_post post-3428 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-featured tag-academic-success tag-columbia-university tag-learning-success tag-moocs"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/learning-success/">New MOOC: Learning Success</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/author/mtn2116/" title="Posts by Merrell Norden" rel="author">Merrell Norden</a></span> | <span class="published">Oct 14, 2020</span> | <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a>, <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/category/featured/" rel="category tag">Featured</a></p>Columbia University Launches Open Online Course ‘Learning Success’ on EdX.org Course Provides Students with Learning Strategies for Academic Success NEW YORK, New York. 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