Topic: Columbia University

How Columbia's 'Illegal' White-Only Scholarship Disappeared

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An arcane court case has revealed that an Ivy League university awarded a racist fellowship for 77 years. As it turns out, the school may have known about the "Caucasian" clause all along — even though its recipients did not. Columbia says it's trying to get back the money for "a diversity of students," but what happened in between? And why are we just learning about this now?

By J.K. Trotter

May 7, 2013

Barnard College Gets Its Very Own Ivy League Cheating Scandal

Harvard was only the beginning. Eight months after allegations of widespread cheating rocked the Ivy League university, another cheating scandal emerged on Tuesday afternoon at an affiliate college of Columbia University.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 7, 2013

Columbia Only Has a $500-Per-Week Nutella Habit

We know that Columbia University spends a lot of money on Nutella. But it's not that much, says the school.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Mar 6, 2013

Trimming the Times

Hoping for a Liberal Pope, Marriage by Skype, and a New BBQ Mecca

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By J.K. Trotter

Feb 18, 2013

How Not to Teach Quantum Mechanics

Today a Columbia professor stripped down and curled into a ball as imagery of 9/11 and the Holocaust played in the background — apparently as a way to teach quantum mechanics. Why? How? What?

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By Adam Martin

Jun 13, 2012

Bashar Al-Assad's Ex-Aide is Just an Ordinary Columbia Student, OK?

The 22-year-old aide to Bashar al-Assad, who Barbara Walters helped get into a Columbia University graduate program, used her powers of spin on herself in a New York Post interview, saying she was "nothing but a victim for some personal agendas."

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Time Magazine Generously Shares National Magazine Award

"I feel like when we win, everybody wins," said Time managing editor Rick Stengel in a ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis Thursday night, accepting a National Magazine Award for magazine of the year, the evening's top honor. Of course, everybody did not win.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 6, 2012

Obama Sparks a Bitter Dispute Between Columbia and Barnard

An uncomfortable peace between Columbia University and its across-the-street sister Barnard College has been interrupted by the decision of President Barack Obama to give the commencement speech at Barnard rather than his alma mater, Columbia.

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By Seth Abramovitch

Mar 3, 2012

Obama to Rock the Barnard Commencement

President Obama has offered his oratorial services to Barnard College, the 124-year-old women's college affiliated with Columbia University, and the school has responded with an enthusiastic, "Yes, please!"

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By Eric Randall

Jan 30, 2012

Former 'Cosmo' Editor Donates $30 Million to Stanford and Columbia

In some exciting news (for media geeks), former Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown announced she is giving $30 million to Columbia's journalism school and Stanford's engineering school so they can set up a joint "institute for media innovation."

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By Dino Grandoni

Nov 8, 2011

When Is It OK to Destroy Your Diploma?

The big story from the sports world is the potential ouster of Joe Paterno as head coach of Penn State -- which, strangely enough, leads us to a question: Is it ever OK for someone to destroy his or her college diploma?

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By Uri Friedman

Sep 15, 2011

A Window into the Class Warfare of Creative Writing

A controversial ranking of MFA programs reveals deeper divisions

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By Adam Martin

Aug 30, 2011

Syrian Hackers Target Columbia University's Facebook, but Miss

But the attack missed the official page, and doesn't seem to have been too well organized

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By Adam Martin

Jul 20, 2011

Columbia University Cocaine Dealer Headed for Rikers

An engineering student admitted to selling drugs in residence halls and frat houses

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