Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:52am
As members of the Columbia baseball team piled on one another in celebration of a 5-4 victory over Penn this past Saturday, they were quick to note that it was a reflection of how far the Columbia baseball program has come in its three years under head coach Brett Boretti.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:52am
Barnard professor and internationally recognized scholar Dennis Dalton, who has taught the same two-semester political theory sequence since 1969, will give his last lecture this Thursday.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:49am
When outgoing Barnard president Judith Shapiro was asked whether her time as head of the college was similar to running an institution somewhere between a “faltering corporation and a hotel,” Shapiro said she had a better comparison.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:44am
In a free-flowing discussion, Columbia history professor Richard Bulliet and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf of the Zaytuna Institute—which aims to develop future Muslim scholars—emphasized the urgent need to view history in a new and critical light at an event hosted by the Muslim Students Association.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:17am
Professors Joseph Massad and Andrew Nathan received the Lionel Trilling and Mark Van Doren Awards, respectively, on Monday in an announcement from the Columbia College Academic Awards Committee.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:14am
Amid the plethora of events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1968 student demonstrations, faculty and students gathered yesterday to discuss political action and civil liberties.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:11am
Columbia College’s Frontiers of Science program received a $200,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation this semester, which will be used to support the research of postdoctoral science fellows who teach the course.
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 11:35pm
When Columbia reconvenes at the start of the next academic year, new students will face the perennial challenge of assessing their science and language proficiency in preparation for course registration.
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 11:04pm
After tremendous play at the Ivy League Championship last week, the Columbia men’s golf team has earned a bid at the 2008 NCAA regional qualifier. The Lions will compete against other teams from the Eastern League in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the Council Fire Golf Club starting May 15.
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 10:50pm
In his pink polo shirt and stylishly ripped jeans, 43-year-old Arthur Hoyt, Jr. is an archetypical local resident. He often stands outside his apartment building, cigarette in hand, watching the traffic go by in Harlem.
