Sat, May 9, 2009, 10:10pm
A candlelit memorial service in February drew out hundreds—family, friends, and faculty—all of whom had circled outside Low Library to remember the life of Eric Harms, the School of Engineering and Applied Science first-year who took his own life this past winter. As his loved ones remembered a...
Sat, May 9, 2009, 10:09pm
Debora Spar moved into Morningside Heights less than one year ago, bringing with her a family, a cat, and a chair from Harvard Business School.
Sat, May 9, 2009, 10:07pm
For University President Lee Bollinger, the past academic year has been rife with challenges, both internal and external.
Sat, May 9, 2009, 9:58pm
While Columbia College Student Council did not pass more than a handful of measures this year, outgoing president George Krebs, CC ’09, said that he was proud of the “wide breadth” of issues the council had the opportunity to address, and that he chalked up a largely smooth year to the council’s...
Sat, May 9, 2009, 9:57pm
The presidential race that captivated the country for months held a special resonance on campus, as Barack Obama, CC ’83, became not only the first black person to win the office, but also the first Columbia College alumnus to do so.
Sat, May 9, 2009, 9:47pm
When Barnard history professor Owen Gutfreund, the popular, long-time director of the school’s urban studies program, was denied tenure in December 2007, many students and faculty argued that he deserved better. But in fall 2008, Gutfreund received news suggesting his fate had been rewritten.
Sat, May 9, 2009, 9:44pm
Seeping into all areas of planning and budgeting, the economic crisis and the damage it did to Columbia’s endowment was emblematic of the academic year.
