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Many people visit India to see the Taj Mahal, the majestic mausoleum built by a 17th century emperor as a tribute to his wife. But last month, a group of Columbia and Barnard architecture students went to India with a lesser-known destination in mind—Chandigarh, a 20th century planned city designed by the famous architect Le Corbusier.
Columbia Engineering School Professor Henning Schulzrinne has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.
Gay men lead healthier, less stress-filled lives when states offer legal protections to same-sex couples, according to a new study examining the effects of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
Peter K. Mangurian (pronounced Man - GUHR - ee - an), veteran NFL coach and former Ivy League head football coach, has been named Columbia University's Patricia and Shepard Alexander Head Coach of Football, Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education at Columbia University announced Thursday.
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have found the first direct evidence that an acquired trait can be inherited without any DNA involvement. The findings suggest that Lamarck, whose theory of evolution was eclipsed by Darwin’s, may not have been entirely wrong. The study is slated to appear in the December 9 issue of Cell.
At the Republican presidential debates, the recent Occupy Wall Street protests and kitchen tables across the nation, Americans are debating the impact of government, taxes and programs on the rich and the poor. For two questions in particular—exactly who are the poor and how much does policy have an impact on them?—Jane Waldfogel made a career searching for answers.
Two fossil fuels powered the rise of the modern industrial state. But only one—the hard, chunky rock extracted from the ground by legions of coal workers—has been a force for the development of democracy.
It’s not every day that a professor buys a breathalyzer. But Barron H. Lerner, whose latest book is a cultural history of drunken driving, wanted to know what a .08 blood alcohol concentration—the nation’s legal limit for drivers—really means.
“When I went to see the Manhattanville construction site, what struck me was that it was very quiet, clean and calm,” said Isabelle Silverman, an attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund. “Columbia’s Manhattanville expansion can serve as a clean construction model for other cities and universities.”
Most people would rather not think twice about their waste, but Kartik Chandran spends hours a day considering the limitless potential of sewage. Chandran, an associate professor of earth and environmental engineering, studies how to improve wastewater treatment and extract energy from sewage.
His latest work involves converting the dangerous greenhouse gas methane, a byproduct of sewage treatment plants that is typically burned off or released into the atmosphere, into the reusable biofuel methanol. He does this by finding microbes that can be put into giant treatment tanks to render…
The University launched its sixth Global Center in Istanbul in early November with a series of events and scholarly panels in that city attended by University President Lee C. Bollinger, Interim Provost John Coatsworth and a host of Columbia faculty and deans as well as scholars of the region.
Columbia University Trustee H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest (LAW'58, HON'09), a benefactor whose previous gifts of more than $100 million place him among Columbia’s most generous donors, has made a new pledge of $30 million to support the construction of a multi-arts venue on the University’s Manhattanville campus. The gift was announced Nov. 17 at Columbia College’s Alexander Hamilton Dinner honoring Lenfest. It is the largest gift ever made for the arts at Columbia and the new venue will be named the Lenfest Center for the Arts in his honor.
“The breadth of Gerry Lenfest’s…
In the first statewide climate change outlook for New York, scientists say that the state may suffer disproportionate effects in coming decades compared with other regions, due to its geography and geology. The report paints a harsh picture, including possible extreme temperature and sea-level rises, downpours, droughts and floods. The changes are projected to affect nearly every region and facet of the economy by the 2080s, from ski resorts and dairy farms to New York City’s subways, streets and businesses.
The 600-page report and a shorter synthesis were released today…
A boy with leg braces and crutches rests against a fire alarm. A woman hangs laundry from a clothesline strung across an airshaft behind a row of tenement buildings. Pushcarts line a crowded street in lower Manhattan.