A group of students has written a letter highly cricital of Fuhrman, attacking her association with the for-profit company Pearson Education and expressing other grievances with the TC administration.
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In a long-awaited report, the Educational Policy and Planning Committee has recommended eliminating the lecture portion of Frontiers of Science and rebuilding the course around its small seminars.
By Tracey Wang
June 19, 12:00 AM
Several Columbia undergraduates have participated in the protests that have wracked Istanbul over the past few weeks, facing tear gas and police raids.
June 12, 11:25 PM
Employees suing Upper West Side restaurant Indus Valley for unfair labor practices reached a settlement with management last month, ending a nearly two-year legal battle.
June 8, 2:34 PM
Jessica Prata, the sustainability officer of New York Presbyterian Hospital, will start Monday as the head of Columbia’s Office of Environmental Stewardship.
Student Life
By Tracey Wang
June 19, 12:00 AM
Several Columbia undergraduates have participated in the protests that have wracked Istanbul over the past few weeks, facing tear gas and police raids.
By Tracey Wang
May 22, 12:00 AM
Jordan Alam said that her first four novels were, in many ways, written in preparation for her latest effort.
May 22, 12:00 AM
After taking an anthropology class with professor Audra Simpson, Lakota Pochedley turned her sights on her own heritage and decided to major in Native American studies.
May 22, 12:00 AM
Gavin McGown, CC ’13, recites ancient Greek for fun. “I have this hard-on for classical Greek antiquity," they said.
Morningside Heights
May 12, 8:01 PM
With the Democratic primary for local elections coming up on September 10, the fields of the most competitive local races are starting to develop.
April 30, 6:59 PM
CrackDel reopened Monday after being temporarily shut down for allegedly selling alcohol to minors.
April 23, 12:19 AM
Potholes, fissures, and breaks along a Hudson River path may finally get fixed in the coming months, but not before hundreds of people descend upon the narrow walkway in an annual walk around Manhattan in two weeks.
April 22, 2:45 AM
Almost 70 people from companies and organizations around the city ditched their desks and computers to wield shovels and pitchforks in Morningside and St. Nicholas parks as part of the New York Cares volunteer group annual parks cleanup day.
Administration
June 12, 11:04 PM
A group of students has written a letter highly cricital of Fuhrman, attacking her association with the for-profit company Pearson Education and expressing other grievances with the TC administration.
June 8, 2:34 PM
Jessica Prata, the sustainability officer of New York Presbyterian Hospital, will start Monday as the head of Columbia’s Office of Environmental Stewardship.
May 13, 12:00 AM
Columbia’s administration saw significant turnover this year, with several deans leaving for positions at other universities and a new dean appointed to lead the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
May 10, 10:13 PM
The vote came after TC's Faculty Executive Committee discovered that top administrators gave themselves bonuses from the college's 2011-12 budget surplus.
West Harlem
By Chris Meyer
June 5, 1:24 AM
By dropping the word “local” from its title, the West Harlem Local Development Corporation is moving toward a longer-term role in the community.
By Casey Tolan
May 13, 12:00 AM
As construction progressed on the Manhattanville campus expansion this year, the West Harlem community finally saw the first of the benefits promised by Columbia. But new questions emerged about the University’s record on minority hiring.
May 11, 1:19 AM
In March, the West Harlem Development Corporation donated $2 million in grants to 83 local neighborhood organizations.
May 6, 3:44 AM
Residents of 123rd Street are up in arms over stalled construction on a development site funded by the Abyssinian Development Corporation.
Academics
June 9, 9:50 AM
In a long-awaited report, the Educational Policy and Planning Committee has recommended eliminating the lecture portion of Frontiers of Science and rebuilding the course around its small seminars.
May 13, 12:00 AM
A year that saw widespread debate over academic integrity and a proposed honor code was capped off by a high-profile cheating scandal at Barnard and the distribution of revealing information before Friday’s Literature Humanities final.
By Casey Tolan
May 10, 4:01 PM
Information about the identification section on the Literature Humanities final was leaked and widely distributed among students before the exam this afternoon by professor Ivan Lupic, multiple students have confirmed.
May 9, 12:28 AM
Major English Texts II, a literature class with 123 students taught by Margaret Ellsberg, is currently under review after allegations that numerous students cheating on pop quizzes. (Updated, 5/9, 9:52 p.m.)
Upper West Side
June 12, 11:25 PM
Employees suing Upper West Side restaurant Indus Valley for unfair labor practices reached a settlement with management last month, ending a nearly two-year legal battle.
June 5, 1:12 AM
Jewish Home Lifecare, which is looking to build a high-rise in the middle of the Park West Village housing complex, submitted the results of a preliminary environmental study to the State Department of Health on Monday.
May 13, 12:00 AM
The New York City Housing Authority’s plan to build private market-rate housing in an Upper West Side affordable housing complex has sparked widespread opposition among residents and local politicians over the last few months.
May 12, 4:03 PM
Since she started volunteering with the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance campaign when it launched in 2007, Lisa Sladkus has become the face of the pro-bike and pro-pedestrian movement in the neighborhood.
Uptown
March 8, 4:46 AM
The project will preserve, renovate, and reinforce parts of the station, especially the brick arch and a bridge connecting the uptown and downtown tracks. The station complex, which is known for being poorly ventilated, dirty, and difficult to navigate, will also be cleaned up.
By Casey Tolan
October 24, 4:25 AM
The majority of the resolution was approved without controversy, but the local community board successfully petitioned against upzoning, or loosening the height restrictions on buildings, one block of 145th Street.
By Gina Lee
October 5, 5:32 AM
From politicians to elementary school students, a boisterous and fed-up crowd testified at a hearing Thursday that the proposed new City Council districts would tear apart the fabric of their neighborhoods.
September 20, 3:10 AM
Jackson and local activists have expressed concern that the new district lines could shift influence away from northern Manhattan.
Spectrum
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#goodbye
Report: Sreenivasan, after 11 months as chief digital officer, to leave Columbia
Jun 20, 12:17amIs @sree leaving? Sree Sreenivasan, the University’s first chief digital officer, is stepping down, according to Capital New York. Sreenivasan, who has been at Columbia for more than 20 years,... Read More
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SUIT'S UP
Judge dismisses Italian Academy lawsuit
Jun 18, 11:19pmIt took nearly a year, but Columbia’s Italian Academy has made it through the legal woods, unscathed. It didn’t even have to stand trial. Last August, the Italic Institute of... Read More
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Free food
Free Pinkberry!
Jun 17, 11:13pmFor those of you who are in the city for the summer (or really, really like froyo and don’t mind flying/bussing/driving), cool off after a warm day in the city... Read More
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This week in The Eye
Declare your major yet? Meredith Foster debunks the myth of the humanities-science divide. Check it out in this week's Eye.
This week in history
Alan Felgate, CC '92, decried the American involvement in Iraq and Kuwait in an editorial on June 12th.