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Columbia University stories: 31 news summaries

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 Ivy Tweeter 
 Dogs Emma 
 at Brown 

Witch way to turn, Hermione wonders

Sep 9, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Too bad Hermione can't make technology disappear. It seems Twitter is one more irritation for Emma Watson as she begins school in the hallowed halls of Rhode Island's Brown University, CNN reports. First, a dad annoyed Emma last week when he snapped her photo as she walked around school grounds... More »

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Harry Potter • Columbia University • celebrity • Brown University • Twitter • Emma Watson • James Franco • tweet

Virus Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Connection may lead to better diagnosis, customized treatment

Sep 7, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aggressive human prostate cancer cells contain a virus associated with cancer in animals, a discovery that raises hopes for more accurate diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. "We're not saying this virus causes cancer," cautioned the lead researcher. "The best we can... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • Columbia University • prostate specific antigen • University of Utah • prostate-specific antigen • PSA test • XMRV

GLOSSIES

 Turlington 
 Models a More 
 Charitable Path 

At 40, she's earning a master's and educating the world on maternity risks

Jul 15, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christy Turlington still considers modeling her work—“It’s the only thing that pays me; everything else is school or volunteerism,” the Columbia masters candidate, often described as one of the world’s most beautiful people, tells Vogue. “My face is a dime a dozen in many... More »

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pregnancy • Columbia University • public health • celebrity • documentary • childbirth • developing countries • supermodel • Christy Turlington • Ed Burns

(Newser) - The Ivy League has a reputation for excellence in all things, but the consignment of its sports programs—particularly the more visible ones like football and basketball—to college athletics’ second tier has alumni clamoring for change, the Wall Street Journal reports. Academic standards limit the pool of top student-athletes... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • Columbia University • Ivy League • NCAA football • Dartmouth • Cornell University • Harvard • Princeton • Brown University • Penn • Yale • NCAA hockey • Lane MacDonald • Marcellus Wiley

 Fired 'Noose' Prof 
 Sues Columbia for $200M 

Plagiarism allegation was 'cooked up,' lawyer says

Apr 23, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Columbia University professor fired for plagiarism shortly after a noose was found hanging on her office door is suing her former school for $200 million. Madonna Constantine’s reputation was ruined by the “baseless” allegation, her lawyer tells CNN. The black professor has previously charged that the noose... More »

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Columbia University • plagiarism • professor • noose • civil lawsuits • Madonna Constantine • Teachers College • firing

 Sorry, Recession Won't 
 Get You Into Harvard 

Top schools see no application shortage despite economy

Mar 30, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, a lot of people are cash-strapped, but don’t get your hopes up that the recession will boost your shot at an Ivy League school. Harvard got a record number of applications this year—29,112, a 6% jump from last year. And pricey universities like Yale, Dartmouth, Brown,... More »

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education • Columbia University • Yale University • Ivy League • college admissions • Stanford University • college • Harvard • Dartmouth College • colleges and universities • Middlebury College • Common Application

Bong Owner Tried to Get $100K on eBay

Eight partygoers have been arrested; Phelps not among them

Feb 10, 09 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The bong case grows. Eight people in Columbia, SC, have been arrested on drug charges stemming from the infamous frat party that Michael Phelps attended, WIS-TV reports. Those eight do not include Phelps himself, but they do include the bong's owner, who reportedly tried to sell it on eBay for... More »

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bongs • Michael Phelps • Columbia University • eBay • South Carolina • marijuana • arrest • criminal investigation • sheriff • search warrant

(Newser) - Ever since an April story in the LA Times linked him with Barack Obama, friends say Rashid Khalidi has expected to be vilified along the lines of Bill Ayers. The Manhattan-born Columbia professor is an advocate for Palestinian rights and once likened Israeli policies to apartheid. This week John... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Columbia University • Election 2008 • Rashid Khalidi

 10 Most-Buzzed-About Schools 

Harvard beats out Columbia for most internet references

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:
  1. Harvard University
  2. Columbia University
  3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  4. University of California, Berkeley
  5. Stanford
... More »

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Internet • Columbia University • Princeton University • Yale University • college rankings • Stanford University • University of Chicago • UC Berkeley • college • publicity • Cornell University • University of Michigan • Harvard • University of Wisconsin Madison

Libertarian Bets $1M His GPA Tops Obama's

VP candidate says skin color helped senator get into Harvard

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... More »

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Barack Obama • Columbia University • betting • Libertarian Party • Harvard Law School • Bob Barr • Wayne Allyn Root

New Study Finds No
Vaccine Link to Autism

MMR shot not guilty, say researchers

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... More »

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Columbia University • autism • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccine • MMR • measles mumps rubella • Andrew Wakefield • W. Ian Lipkin • Rick Rollens • MIND Institute

 Upgrade Will Boost
 Hubble Vision 

Upgrade will create spectacular images

Jul 7, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spectacular images from the Hubble telescope are about to get even more awe-inspiring, thanks to a $900-million upgrade during an upcoming space shuttle mission—the fifth and last mission to the orbiting observatory. Two new high-tech instruments and a series of repairs will make Hubble able to probe even deeper... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • European Space Agency • Hubble • space shuttle • Johns Hopkins University • Goddard Space Flight Center • space telescope • Cosmic Origins Spectrograph • Wide Field Camera 3

OPINION

 Five Problems With 
 Environmental Reporting 

Columbia Journalism Review assesses field's common trouble spots

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... More »

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environment • media criticism • Columbia University • global warming • journalism • reporter • Wired

 Columbia Cans 'Noose'
 Prof Over Plagiarism 

Teacher rejects allegations as conspiracy

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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Columbia University • plagiarism • noose • Madonna Constantine

 Best Alma Maters
 for Billionaires 

Yeah, Harvard's the place to be

May 22, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Gates and Carl Icahn may be college dropouts (Harvard and NYU, respectively), but most billionaires carry a sheepskin diploma with them. These top-tier universities have educated the most billionaires:
  1. Harvard: with 50, including Steve Ballmer, Michael Bloomberg, and Sumner Redstone.
  1. Stanford: was founded by
... More »

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Columbia University • billionaire • University of Pennsylvania • Harvard • colleges and universities • Yale

Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission

Harvard accepts just 7% of applicants

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... More »

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education • Columbia University • Yale University • Ivy League • college admissions • college • university • Dartmouth • Harvard • college applications

UK Beaches Awash in Cocaine

$1.2 million in cocaine appears to have drifted across the Atlantic

Feb 28, 08 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - When a British beachcomber brought police a wheelbarrow full of 50 lbs. of pure Colombian cocaine the other day, Cornwall police weren’t stunned. In the last 3 weeks, five other such packages have washed up on Cornwall’s beaches, with a total street value of $1.2 million. “... More »

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drugs • Columbia University • cocaine • beach • Britain • Cornwall

Columbia Prof
in Noose Case Plagiarized
Her Students

She calls school probe a racist conspiracy

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... More »

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Columbia University • plagiarism • hate crime • professor • noose • Madonna Constantine • Teachers College

'Mistrust' Fueling
Latin American Arms Race

Venezuela, Brazil lead weapons spending spree

Jan 16, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Recent bursts of defense spending from Brazil and Venezuela have experts wondering if Latin America—decades removed from a war between nations—has entered an arms race, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Chile has also invested in weapons recently, and Colombia is rife with war-on-drugs firepower. “There is a... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • Columbia University • Brazil • Chile • arms race

France to Admit Colombian Rebels in Hostage Deal

Government would shelter freed rebels in exchange including French woman

Dec 19, 07 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - France's PM said today the country will take in freed Colombian rebels as part of an exchange for the 46 hostages the rebel group FARC is holding, including a former presidential candidate who holds dual French-Colombian citizenship. The offer came hours after FARC agreed to release three hostages—a former... More »

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Columbia University • France • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Ingrid Betancourt

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