Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
Echoing Apple Computer's advertising slogan of the 1990s, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak emphasized his desire to "think differently and not be one of the masses" yesterday to an eager audience in Roone Arledge Cinema.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
Columbia will launch its $4 billion capital campaign on Friday, making public the most ambitious fundraising push ever attempted by an American university.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
Columbia has received a $29 million donation from a Hong Kong family, propelling the University nearly halfway to its goal of raising $4 billion by 2011 when combined with its current total.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
A free speech advocacy group called for the immediate reinstatement of the Columbia men's ice hockey club Wednesday in a letter addressed to University President Lee Bollinger, as Athletic Department officials agreed to meet with representatives of the team this coming Monday.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
At Thursday night's meeting of the Coalition to Preserve Community, audience members listened to cautionary tales of what could happen if Columbia's Manhattanville expansion proceeds as planned-and they discussed what they could do to stop it.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
Marking 60 years of Eastern European and Russian studies, the Harriman Institute of Columbia has announced a series of events that it will sponsor to coincide with the residency of former Czechoslovakian President Václav Havel.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
Nicholas F. Maxemchuk, a Columbia professor of electrical engineering, was given the Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award in early August for his "contributions to Metropolitan and Local Area Networks, reliable multicast, and protocol testing," according to the award citation.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
Beginning on Friday, reduced-fare MetroCards will be made available on campus to all members of the Columbia University community, officials announced Thursday.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
Ask Calvin Sun, CC '08, what he's doing this weekend, and he'll have to pull out a small black planner before he can even think of answering.
Fri, Sep 29, 2006, 12:00am
What started as a small gathering on Low Plaza to mark the sixth anniversary of the al-Aqsa Intifada quickly escalated into a full-scale clash between organizers and dissenters Thursday afternoon.