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Columbia University stories: 31 news summaries

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Columbia Will Give NY Cops Noose Tape

School flip-flops on surveillance in hate-crime case

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... More »

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New York City • Columbia University • hate crime • race relations • noose

Noose on Columbia Prof's Door Viewed
as Hate Crime

Black educator teaches class on racial justice

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... More »

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Columbia University • hate crime • race relations • racism • noose

Columbia Prez Lays Into Ahmadinejad

Head of state answers ‘unfriendly’ intro with contentious talk

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,... More »

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Columbia University • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Holocaust • warrantless wiretapping • Lee Bollinger • Palestinian people • atom bomb

Iranian Prez Flies Into NY Storm

Ahmadinejad arrives in NY amid protests

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... More »

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Iran • Columbia University • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • New York • Ground Zero • 60 Minutes • Mohammad Ali Hosseini • Lee Bollinger • Dov Hikind • UN General Assembly • William Fallon

Recruiters
Pick Top 10
Biz Schools

WSJ's annual rankings come up with some surprising choices

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:
  1. Dartmouth College
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education • Columbia University • list • UC Berkeley • school • business school • Wake Forest University • Dartmouth • Recruiters • Brigham Young University • Ohio State University • MBA • Indiana University

NASA Learned Its Lesson With Endeavour

Caution, elaborate tools mark dramatic shift from Columbia era

Aug 20, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Endeavour faced the same problem that the ill-fated Columbia did, but NASA officials handled the two missions in dramatically different ways, marking a radical cultural shift at the space agency. Columbia’s shuttle suffered more damage from a flying piece of foam, but NASA still spent days using elaborate equipment... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • Stanford University • space shuttle • Endeavor • Ames Research Center • Michael D. Griffin • George Washington University

Top 10 US Business Schools

Step it up a notch (and raise your profile) at these elite centers of learning.

Aug 19, 07 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes ranked these business schools not only on their prestige but for their return on investment.
  1. Dartmouth (Tuck)
  2. Stanford
  3. Harvard
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Columbia University • Yale University • college rankings • Stanford University • University of Chicago • list • business school • Dartmouth • University of Virginia • Harvard • Northwestern University

Astronauts Will Skip Shuttle Fix

NASA decides gash won't be a hazard during re-entry

Aug 17, 07 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - NASA has decided against a risky spacewalk repair job on the gouged heat shield of the space shuttle Endeavour, AP reports. Engineers concluded that a gash in the tiled underside of the spacecraft will not be a hazard during re-entry. Attempting a repair could risk causing more damage and could... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • astronauts • space shuttle • Endeavour • Challenger • repair • spacewalk • heat shield • robotic arm • tile • Alvin Drew

Space Crew May Try Risky Fix

NASA weighs methods to repair gash in shuttle heat shield

Aug 14, 07 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronauts on board the space shuttle Endeavour will likely attempt a spacewalk to fix a gouge in the craft's heat shield cause by debris that slammed into it during takeoff, USA Today reports. The debris carved a cavity more than three inches long and an inch deep on the tiled... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • astronauts • space shuttle • Endeavour • repair • heat shield

Astronauts Look at Endeavour's Tummy Trouble

NASA examines gouge as flying foam invokes memories of Columbia

Aug 12, 07 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Endeavor’s crew gave NASA a better look at a wound on the space shuttle’s belly today, CNN reports. Astronauts used a robotic arm to photograph the three-inch gouge on the shuttle’s heat shield, a ding caused by a flying piece of foam during liftoff. NASA hopes the... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • space • astronauts • International Space Station • Barbara Morgan • Endeavor • foam • Charles Hobaugh • Tracy Caldwell

Valedictorians Halted At
Ivy Gates

Rejections hit 90%
at most prestigious schools

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... More »

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high school • Columbia University • Princeton University • Yale University • SAT • Ivy League • college • admission • university • Harvard

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