Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 11:16pm
New deans, a new provost, and a smaller endowment: Welcome to Columbia 2009-2010.
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:47pm
First-year students arrived on campus for orientation week's array of events, parties, and getting-to-know-you games.
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:39pm
Public health is coming to undergraduates this fall.
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:36pm
Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian-American urban planner who was supposed to teach at Columbia this semester, has been detained along with scores of dissenters and is on trial in Iran for fomenting a “velvet revolution.”
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:33pm
Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as the 111th Supreme Court Justice by the U.S. Senate in a 68-31 victory in August. Since 1999, she has been a Columbia lecturer in law, an adjunct faculty post at Columbia Law School.
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:29pm
With the start of the new academic year comes the introduction of fresh faces to the administration, including the deans of Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Continuing Education, financial aid, and student advising, as well as a new provost.
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:25pm
The lobbying firm that Columbia hired to promote the Manhattanville campus expansion plan did not report a nearly $400,000 increase in income from the University, according to the state’s Commission on Public Integrity.
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:23pm
An increased number of local restaurants and shops have signed on to accept Flex points, likely as a means to survive the area’s economic downturn by catering to hungry college students.
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:20pm
As flu season quickly approaches, the University has launched a campaign to stymie the potential spread of the H1N1 virus on campus.
Mon, Sep 7, 2009, 8:10pm
With a second outbreak of swine flu possibly lurking just around the corner, New York City is preparing for the worst.