Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 12:00am
Maybe it doesn't take perfect SATs and thousands of extracurriculars. According to the New York Post, Esther Elizabeth Reed, 28, proved that all it took to get into Columbia was a name-specifically, someone else's name.
Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 12:00am
Though plans are still in the works, African studies will gradually be integrated into the Middle Eastern and Asian languages and cultures department, a move that department heads have said they hope will help MEALAC regain the prestige it has previously held, by adding research and courses to th
Tue, Jan 16, 2007, 12:00am
A Jan. 4 protest outside Columbia's gates led by members of the lobby group New Yorkers for Immigration Control and Enforcement renewed the media frenzy surrounding the University's response to the disruption of a speech delivered by Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist on Oct. 4.
Mon, Dec 11, 2006, 12:00am
Created in 2000, the Columbia University Scholars Program, which oversees John Jay, Kluge, Global, and C.P. Davis scholars, is still finding its feet.
Fri, Dec 8, 2006, 12:00am
Mamadou Diouf, the incoming director of the Institute of African Studies at the School of International and Public Affairs, is visiting campus this week in anticipation of his appointment this coming summer.
Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 12:00am
Mamadou Diouf, professor of history and African-American and African studies at the University of Michigan, has accepted Columbia's appointment as director of SIPA's suspended Institute of African Studies, he confirmed Monday night.
Mon, Dec 4, 2006, 12:00am
Six months after the School of International and Public Affairs temporarily suspended the Institute of African Studies, some students say they are pleased with the administration's increased efforts to increase dialogue but that more is needed to improve the study of Africa at Columbia.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
The Columbia University College Democrats' Global Warming Bash benefited from the unseasonably warm weather on Thursday, as organizers challenged students with a poster reading: "Tomorrow is the 1st of December. ... What are you wearing?"
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
Josh Rosner, CC '08, Josh Dorsch, GS '08, and Jenny Merkin, CC '09, will head next year's Hillel executive board as president, vice president for initiatives, and social va'ad coordinator, respectively. The voting period opened Wednesday, and the results were released Thursday night.
Thu, Nov 30, 2006, 12:00am
Josh Rosner, CC '08, Josh Dorsch, GS '08, and Jenny Merkin, CC '09, will head next year's Hillel executive board as president, vice president for initiatives, and social va'ad coordinator, respectively. The voting period opened Wednesday, and the results were released Thursday night.
