Thu, May 1, 2008, 3:35am
On Tuesday morning, three Columbia professors received phone calls telling them they had been elected to the National Academy of Sciences—yet none had the slightest idea as to why.
Thu, May 1, 2008, 3:32am
Online academics at Columbia are getting a makeover, via an initiative by Student Services, the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, and CUIT to switch Courseworks over to the alternate platform Sakai.
Thu, May 1, 2008, 3:26am
After accusations of unnecessary delay, the Landmarks Preservation Commission said it responded Wednesday to an April 15 Freedom of Information Law request filed by State Assemblyman Danny O’Donnell (D-Morningside Heights) regarding the proposed establishment of a historic district in certain pa
Thu, May 1, 2008, 3:18am
Nicholas Dirks says he lives his life in an academic novel.
Thu, May 1, 2008, 3:11am
Charles Tilly, Columbia’s Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science and founder of the noted Workshop on Contentious Politics, died April 29 after a 20-year struggle with cancer that fluctuated in severity. He was 78.
Thu, May 1, 2008, 3:06am
The City Council voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a sweeping rezoning plan that will reshape the face of 125th Street.
Thu, May 1, 2008, 1:26am
Recent changes to make the May 8 Funding at Columbia University (FaCU) meeting more transparent aim to ensure that student leaders are held to higher standards in allocating funds to the University’s governing boards.
Thu, May 1, 2008, 12:23am
For most sports at Columbia, winning a league title at any level should merit some level of recognition from both the student body and the athletic administration, but in the case of the Columbia lacrosse club, neither of these has been given.
Thu, May 1, 2008, 12:20am
By virtue of hitting .507 against Ivy League opponents, senior outfielder Noah Cooper was awarded the Blair Bat, which is given to the batter who ends league play with the highest batting average and a minimum of 2.2 at-bats per game.
Thu, May 1, 2008, 12:17am
Three years and a bunch of friends later, here I am writing my last column for the Spec. It’s definitely not something that I would have imagined being able to do when I arrived in the fall of 2004. It’s actually kind of incidental how I got started with this operation.
