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September 2008
- 10 Most-Buzzed-About Schools
  
  Global Language Monitor | Sep 30, 08 3:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Institutions of higher learning care about their brand as much as any business, so the Global Language Monitor has ranked universities and colleges for the amount of buzz they command on the internet. The winners: Harvard University Columbia University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of California, Berkeley Stanford University More »
  
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  Internet • college • Harvard • University of Chicago • Stanford University • Yale University • Columbia University • University of Michigan • Princeton University • college rankings • publicity • Cornell University • University of Wisconsin Madison • University of California Berkeley
- Libertarian Bets $1M His GPA Tops Obama's
  
  Reason Magazine | Sep 5, 08 8:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - One of Barack Obama’s election opponents is putting his millions where his grades are. Wayne Allyn Root, the Las Vegas handicapper running for vice president on the Libertarian ticket with Bob Barr, has bet $1 million that he had a better GPA at Columbia University than classmate Obama. Root goes on to say in a Reason interview that Obama was a “communist” who was admitted to Harvard Law School only because he’s black. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Columbia University • Bob Barr • Libertarian Party • betting • Harvard Law School
- New Study Finds No Vaccine Link to Autism
  
  Washington Post | Sep 4, 08 6:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new study concludes that a childhood vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella is not linked to autism, reports the Washington Post . Researchers studied bowel biopsies from 38 autistic children and found no link between the vaccine and the digestive problems often associated with autism. The results, which contradict the findings of an earlier study, come amid a federal investigation on the controversial topic. More »
  
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  vaccine • autism • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Columbia University
June 2008
- Five Problems With Environmental Reporting
  
  Columbia Journalism Review | Jun 29, 08 5:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If you’re flummoxed by ever-shifting information on climate change and the environment, just think what the folks who report it must be going through. Deadline pressures and conflicting scientific papers have reporters struggling to provide editors with sellable stories, the Columbia Journalism Review reports, and the results don’t always accurately represent the issue. CJR nails five big issues with environmental journalism: More »
  
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  global warming • environment • journalism • reporter • media criticism • Columbia University • Wired
- Columbia Cans 'Noose' Prof Over Plagiarism
  
  CNN | Jun 25, 08 11:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Columbia University professor who last year sparked racial controversy after finding a noose hanging from her door has been fired over allegations of plagiarism, CNN reports. Madonna Constantine, a faculty member at the university’s Teachers College, claims the decision is the result of a plot against her. More »
  
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  plagiarism • Columbia University • noose • Madonna Constantine
April 2008
- Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission
  
  New York Times | Apr 1, 08 3:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Acceptance letters from the nation's top colleges will begin to arrive on prospective students' doorsteps today, but far more rejection letters are in the mail than ever before, reports the New York Times. Harvard and Yale accepted only 7.1% and 8.3% of applicants, respectively, both record lows as schools struggle with changing demographics. More »
  
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  education • college • Harvard • university • Yale University • college admissions • Ivy League • Columbia University • Dartmouth • college applications
February 2008
- Columbia Prof in Noose Case Plagiarized Her Students
  
  New York Post | Feb 21, 08 5:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Columbia professor who made headlines when she found a noose on her office door has plagiarized from students and another professor, the school says. The university’s Teachers College found two dozen instances in which Madonna Constantine stole from other's works in articles published under her name. Constantine, who's been given an unspecified punishment, calls the charges “structural racism,” reports the New York Post . More »
  
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  hate crime • professor • plagiarism • Columbia University • noose • Madonna Constantine
October 2007
- Columbia Will Give NY Cops Noose Tape
  
  New York Daily News | Oct 11, 07 8:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After holding out for more than a day, Columbia University will give New York police surveillance video that could yield clues on who left a noose on a professor's door, the New York Daily News reports. The school had told police—investigating what they're calling a hate crime against Professor Madonna Constantine—they would need a subpoena to get the tapes. More »
  
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  New York City • race relations • hate crime • Columbia University • noose
- Noose on Columbia Prof's Door Viewed as Hate Crime
  
  Associated Press | Oct 10, 07 12:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Columbia University erupted today after a noose was found hanging from the door of Madonna Constantine, a black professor who often writes about racism. The New York Police Department said it is investigating the incident as a hate crime. Columbia’s president called it “an attack on all of us,” and students vowed to wear black and rally. More »
  
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  race relations • racism • hate crime • Columbia University • noose
September 2007
- Columbia Prez Lays Into Ahmadinejad
  
  Associated Press | Sep 24, 07 3:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared today at Columbia University, where the school’s president called the Iranian president “a petty and cruel dictator” and excoriated him for his human rights rap sheet, Holocaust denial—which Lee Bollinger called "simply ridiculous"—and nuclear ambitions. The visitor smiled as Bollinger spoke, then called the speech “an insult to information,” the AP reports. More »
  
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  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • warrantless wiretapping • Holocaust • Columbia University • Palestinian people • Lee Bollinger
- Iranian Prez Flies Into NY Storm
  
  Associated Press | Sep 24, 07 3:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York yesterday amid protests and rancor over his schedule of public appearances, including his planned address at Columbia University. In the first of a series of public relations efforts, Ahmadinejad claimed in a television interview that Iran is seeking neither nuclear weapons nor war with the US, AP reports. More »
  
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  Iran • New York • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ground Zero • Columbia University • 60 Minutes • William Fallon • UN General Assembly • Lee Bollinger
- Recruiters Pick Top 10 Biz Schools
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 18, 07 8:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ivy Leaguers and Mormons round out this year's eclectic list of top MBA programs. To come up with the rankings WSJ and Harris Interactive asked 4,430 recruiters to rank M.B.A. programs on 21 attributes, including leadership potential, and communication skills. National Rankings: Dartmouth College (Tuck) University of California, Berkeley (Haas) Columbia University More »
  
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  list • education • school • UC Berkeley • Columbia University • Indiana University • Ohio State University • business school • Dartmouth • Wake Forest University • Brigham Young University • MBA • Recruiters
August 2007
- Top 10 US Business Schools
  
  Forbes | Aug 19, 07 5:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Forbes ranked these business schools not only on their prestige but for their return on investment. Dartmouth (Tuck) Stanford Harvard More »
  
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  list • Harvard • University of Chicago • Stanford University • Yale University • Columbia University • Northwestern University • college rankings • business school • Dartmouth • University of Virginia
April 2007
- Valedictorians Halted At Ivy Gates
  
  New York Times | Apr 5, 07 8:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With competition at top colleges more ferocious than ever, most Ivy League schools accepted under 10% of applicants for the first time, the Times reports. Tony schools like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton turned away valedictorians and students with perfect SAT scores and GPAs, much to the shock of parents. More »
  
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  college • high school • Harvard • university • Yale University • Ivy League • Columbia University • SAT • Princeton University • admission