Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
Mamadou Diouf formally accepted his appointment as incoming director of the Institute of African Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs at a small meeting Friday led by Vice President for Arts and Sciences Nicholas Dirks.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
Citing balloting irregularities, Transport Workers Union Local 241 President Kelvin McAllister and his ticket have filed to challenge the results of the recent union elections in which McAllister was defeated for re-election.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
The Supporting Staff Association of the Health Sciences Division of Columbia University has merged with the 275,000-member-strong 1199 Service Employees International Union, the largest local union in the world.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
Horace Mann Hall at Teachers College was transformed into a venue for poets and musicians Friday night to benefit victims of AIDS both in New York City and in Africa.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a Barnard and Columbia alumna and a pioneering female diplomat, died Thursday at age 80.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
Members of the University Senate reviewed recent initiatives and set forth goals for the coming year at the last meeting of the semester, held Friday.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
A world of underwater volcanic eruptions, bone-crushing ocean pressures, and bizarre life-forms has revealed new information about how the surface of the planet is created.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
A list of courses in the Asian American studies department was noticeably missing from the directory of classes for the spring semester, provoking a strong response by the Asian American Alliance, a student group that seeks to create awareness about issues affecting the Asian American community.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
With its upcoming fifth anniversary approaching, CourseWorks, Columbia's Web-based course management program, has an unclear future.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
There are some first-years who arrive on the Columbia campus with distinctions that most of their hall-mates do not have.
