Monthly Archives: January 2017

CU Health: Sleep and Stress Management Initiatives from Alice! Health Promotion

Healthcare Issues, Useful Websites
CU Move
Dear Friends of Alice!,

Alice! Health Promotion is kicking off the Spring 2017 semester by focusing on two key topics that impact student well-being — sleep and stress.

Updated Asleep! website
The updated website, intended for students, faculty, staff, and alumni provides tips and resources to improve sleep habits. By logging in with a valid UNI and password, members of the campus community can access a sleep assessment that provides personalized feedback on sleep, a sleep diary to track sleep and the factors that may impact a good night’s rest, and helpful e-cards that can be sent to peers, students, or others in need of quality zzzs!

Please share this resource with your students — and don’t forget to check it out yourself! For questions about the website or to request sleep-related promotional items, please contact Padma Ravichandran at par2160@columbia.edu.

Spring 2017 Stressbusters Training Sessions
In addition to promoting healthy sleep habits among students, Alice! is getting ready for upcoming Stressbusters trainings. This semester, Alice! will host an optional information session and the usual two-part training. For more information about training, please visit the Stressbusters Facebook page.

Want to request Stressbusters for your event? It’s as easy as filling out an event request form!

Looking forward to working with you all this semester.

In health,
Alice!

MAJOR MEMO: Smoking Prohibition Policy

Community Citizenship, Healthcare Issues, Policies & Procedures
To All Students and Journalism School Community:  
 
This is a reminder about the Columbia University policy on the prohibition on smoking in campus buildings, AND immediately by doorways/entrances to buildings. That includes the entrance to Pulitzer Hall, where you are not permitted to stand while smoking. This is more than just a matter of courtesy, but also a policy established to safeguard the health of non-smokers entering and leaving the building, and those affected when smoke drifts into offices and classrooms. 
 
The policy states:
 
Policy – Smoking Prohibited
“Smoking is prohibited in any indoor area, in all University vehicles, and outdoor seating or viewing areas of sports arenas and recreational areas, such as those at Baker Field.  Smoking is also prohibited outdoors within 20 feet of all University buildings.”
 
The full University policy can be reviewed here, including provisions for disciplinary process for violations.  
 
Columbia University Public Area Smoking Policy
 
Map of Designated Smoking Areas ( including the walkway PAST the steps in front of Pulitzer Hall)
Please observe this policy. 

From the Office of University Life: Inauguration Screening & Discussion

Columbia Events, Screenings, Useful Websites

As the new semester gets underway, I want to share several upcoming events and other news from the Office of University Life. We also welcome your suggestions for additional University community conversations.

Friday, Jan. 20 @ 11 a.m. – U.S. Presidential Inauguration – Live Coverage & Discussion – With commentary from Dean Amale Andraos (Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation), Dean Steve Coll (Columbia Journalism School), Dean Lee Goldman of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine (Columbia University Medical Center) and Vice Dean Olatunde Johnson (Columbia Law School). Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104. 11 a.m. ceremony begins; inaugural address anticipated at noon with deans’ discussion to follow. Limited seating; an overflow room with simulcast will be available. Please bring your Columbia ID. Look for the Deans’ discussion on the Columbia University Life YouTube after the event.

Tuesday, Jan. 31 @ Noon – AWAKENING OUR DEMOCRACY: Global Populism and Political Power – Columbia’s lively lunchtime conversation series returns with a focus on populism in the U.S. and around the world. Join Professor of Political Science Sheri Berman(Barnard), author John B. Judis (“The Populist Explosion”), advocates and others for this important discussion. Low Library Rotunda, noon to 1:30 p.m. Register here.

Wednesday, Feb. 8 @ 6:30 p.m. – “13TH” – Film Screening & Discussion – Come see this award-winning documentary about mass incarceration in the U.S., racism, and the criminalization of African Americans, directed by Ava DuVernay (“Selma”). Discussion featuring Columbia faculty to follow. Miller Theatre, 6:30 p.m. Register here. You can read more about “13TH” here.

Connect with University Life – The Office of University Life works on intellectual life, student life and community citizenship at Columbia through events, task forces and various initiatives. We welcome your involvement and ideas – you can reach me directly atsgoldberg@columbia.edu or the University Life office at universitylife@columbia.edu.

Finally, if you are hosting an event for the broader University community, the Office of University Life can help spread the word online and through other student life channels – please let us know!

With best regards for the new semester,

Suzanne B. Goldberg
Executive Vice President for University Life
Herbert and Doris Wechsler Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

P.S. For more events, essential campus resources and other updates, you can also download the University Life App and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.