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Facts About Columbia Essential to Students

FACETS represents a concerted effort by hundreds of ColumbiaUniversity employees. Every contribution to this publication is valu-able—from writing and revising entire sections to simply confirming atelephone number. The editorial staff of FACETS wishes to expressthanks to all whose hard work and prompt response to pressing dead-lines enabled the compilation, composition, and design of this importantstudent resource.

Special thanks to Rhea Pliakas, David Hill, and the staff of theColumbiana Library for opening to us Columbia’s rich archives andmaking FACETS’ timeline a living history.

Others who contributed invaluable direction, advice, and support wereWayne Blair, Amy Callahan, Ree DeDonato, Michael Feiler, KatharinaKramer, Fran Pantazis, Harris Schwartz, Paul Vita, Marsha Wagner,Sarah Weiner, Rich Welch, Lorenzo Wyatt, and especially Mark Bursteinand Joe Ienuso.

Special recognition also goes to Jan Holland of the Rape Crisis andAnti-Violence Support Center for educating the editor about sex offensesand other issues of concern to the survivors of such offenses.

And, finally, the editorial staff of FACETS expresses its appreciation toUniversity Publications—Rita Augustine, Enid Goldberg, MargaretGriffel, Sandy Kaufman, Diana Kolodny, and Christina Newhard—forlending the creativity that has brought a fresh look and feel to this edi-tion of FACETS.

Cover CreditsClass Pictures

Top—CC Class of 1898, Bottom—CC Class of 1997Portraits

Front, left to right: Ayanna Pierre—GS, Ruth Bader Ginsburg—LL.B. 1959, Student DJ—1941, Joon Kim—FFSEAS, PaulRobeson—LL.B. 1923, Paul Auster—CC 1969, Gabe Martinez—GS, Hannah McCouch—ArtsBack, left to right: CC Student—1864, Lelan Carpenter—GS, LawSchool Student—1923, Yakeina Fidelia—Barnard, Ray Biersbach—FFSEAS, Law School Student-—1923, CC Student—1864,Johanna Metzgar—SIPA

Photo CreditsCover Photos of Current Students: Eileen BarrosoInterior Photos*: Eileen Barroso, pp. 3, 4, 16, 28, 61, 66; AmyCallahan, pp. 5, 10, 25, 26, 54, 63, 78, 79, 97; Anne Canty, p. 82;Columbian yearbook (various years), pp. 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 44, 50, 74,77, 86; Joyce Culver, p. 84; Esto Photographics, p. 88; Office ofExternal Affairs at the Health Sciences campus, pp. 11, 16; KrisKavanaugh, p. 41; Diana Kolodny, p. 10; NASA, p. 55; I. M. Pei andPartners, p. 15; Joe Pineiro, pp. 10, 13, 17, 20, 21, 35, 51; Ron Purdy,pp. 46, 48; Jonathan Lockwood Smith Photography, pp. 22, 23; WallachArt Gallery p. 75; all other photos were contributed by UniversityPublications.

* Please note that credit is given to photographers and/or to individuals whocontributed photographs.

Caption CreditsAmy Callahan, p. 79; Bob Nelson, pp. 28, 55

FACETS StaffCarol Eskaros, Managing EditorDana Burnell, Phoebe Farag, and Gabe Martinez,

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am delighted to introduce to you this year’sedition of FACETS: Facts About Columbia Essentialto Students.

In view of the approaching end of the mil-lennium, this edition of FACETS takes a lookback at the people and places that have con-tributed to the complexity and diversity ofColumbia University. Notable historical events,including the movement of Columbia’s campusto Morningside Heights in 1897 and thedemonstrations of students in the 1960s,appear on the timeline in the beginning of thisedition of FACETS. Throughout this edition,you will find snapshots of Columbia throughthe years.

Along with such historical references,FACETS continues to provide essential informa-tion to all of Columbia’s students—undergrad-uate, graduate, professional, and postdoctoral—as well as those attending its affiliatedschools. The University offers a broad array ofopportunities, both in and out of the class-room. FACETS is an index to all of the Uni-versity’s schools and programs, a directory toall of its locations, from Morningside Heightsto the Health Sciences campus, from Reid Hallin Paris to Biosphere 2 in Arizona. It also pro-vides updates on changes to the University’spolicies and procedures.

FACETS is carefully revised each year; so asyou use this edition, please forward your ideas

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A Message from the President

A Message from the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

The University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Historical Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Schools and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Resources for Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Academic Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39The Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Library Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Academic Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46University Bookstores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Photocopying and Printing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Office of the Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Student Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53Career Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Student Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Student Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Personal Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Disability Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Day Care Programs and Child Care Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Shuttle Bus and Parking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68Voter Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70International Student Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action . . . . . . .72Ombuds Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Student Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73The Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76Office of the University Chaplain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79Community Outreach Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Student Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83Dining Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85Student Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87Lerner Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92University ID Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92Mail Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93Telecommunications Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Campus Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103Appendix A: Academic Information Systems (AcIS)

Computer Usage Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Appendix B: Policy on Access to Student Records under

the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Appendix C: University Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Appendix D: Policies on Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco . . . . .111Appendix E: Policy Statement on Discrimination and

Harassment, Policies on Sexual Harassment and SexualMisconduct, Statement of Nondiscriminatory Policies, and Discrimination Grievance Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Appendix F: Romantic Relationship Advisory Statement . . .121

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Directory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

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King’s College chartered inNew York “to promote lib-eral education” and to “pre-vent the growth of republi-can principles which prevailalready too much in the co-lonies.” King’s College dis-appointed King George II—it produced a crop of Amer-ican rebels and statesmen.

King’s College acquires landnear Hudson River on lowerManhattan. The campus wascomprised of a three-storystone building, a privatepark, and 24 rooms total forliving quarters, chapel, class-rooms, and dining.

John Jay, later the first ChiefJustice of the United States,graduates from King’s College.

Dr. Samuel Bard, physicianto George Washington andthe first professor of medi-cine at King’s College, helpsfound the School of Medi-cine that in three years willaward the first M.D. degreesin America.

Governor Morris, writer ofthe final draft of the Con-stitution, graduates fromKing’s College.

Alexander Hamilton, rebeland later first Secretary of theTreasury of the United States,enrolls in King’s College.

‒ All classes are suspended dur-ing the Revolutionary War.

King’s reopens and is renamedColumbia. The word “Colum-bia” had recently been coinedby patriotic poets and wasput to use here for the firsttime in law and history.

The first location ofKing’s College at theTrinity Church school-house, where Presi-dent Samuel Johnsonand his first class ofeight students met inJuly 1754.

Dr. Samuel Bard,who helped foundthe College ofPhysicians andSurgeons andKing’s CollegeMedical School in1767.

1774 Admissions log.Alexander Hamilton’sname is the second-to-laston the list.

Historical Timeline

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“The Riotous Commence-ment.” Protesters disruptColumbia commencementafter a student is denied hisdiploma because of his refu-sal to amend the languagein his oration. The studentappealed to the audience,and the response was quickand violent. Faculty fled,and students occupied thechurch until police beganmaking arrests.

Columbia College moves tosite near 49th Street, whereit would remain for nearly50 years. This is currentlythe site of Rockefeller

Center, and Columbia hadbeen awarded the right topurchase this land by lottery for $6,000. At the time thisland was considered too faruptown to be valuable. Thereal estate ended up addinggreatly to Columbia’s en-dowments even before theland was sold in 1985 for$400,000,000.

Columbia University BaseballClub is founded. The Grad-uate Law School is founded.

School of Mines (now FuFoundation School of

Engineering and AppliedScience) is founded. FrederickA. P. Barnard assumes Colum-bia presidency. Barnard origi-nally applied for a post asprofessor of physics at Colum-bia College—and was surprisedby an offer of the presidency.His presidency lasts 25 years.

The Columbia Spectator isfounded as a small, bimonth-ly publication. The Spectatorwill grow to an independentdaily that reaches over 20,000people. In 1962 the paper be-comes an independent corpo-ration with its own board ofdirectors and is entirely selfsupported through advertisingrevenues.

Graduate School of Arts andSciences is founded.

Teachers College is founded.

Barnard College is foundedand named after FrederickBarnard. Barnard was thefirst private college in the cityto award liberal arts degreesto women and is one of theoriginal Seven Sisters schools.

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The First Editorial Board of the Spectator in 1877.

Professor Chandler (with book) andstudents on the steps of ChandlerLaboratories on the MidtownCampus, ca. 1864.

The Columbia CollegeBaseball Nine in 1886.

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Graduate faculty in Philo-sophy is founded. Seth Low(Class of 1870) succeedsBarnard as President andpromotes University ideal ofa connection between auto-nomous schools. Within thenext few years, both theMedical School and Teach-ers College come under theaegis of Columbia. SethLow had been twice electedas mayor of Brooklyn andwould later be a mayor ofNew York City.

The University, at the urgingof trustee John B. Pine, ac-quires 18 acres on Morning-side Heights, at the time large-ly undeveloped forests andfarmlands. The School ofNursing is also founded.

Columbia declares itself a uni-versity. “Columbia College”now refers to undergraduatesin the school of the arts, thesmallest undergraduate pro-gram in the Ivy League. Lowdedicates Morningside campusin a solemn ground-laying cer-emony, naming the Library inthe memory of his recently

deceased father. The Grad-uate School of Architecture,Planning, and Preservation is founded this year. Also,James Dickson Carr, LL.B., is the first black student toreceive a law degree.

October 4 is the first day ofclasses on the MorningsideHeights campus. Low speaks,emphasizing the relationshipbetween New York City andColumbia: “A university on ahill cannot be hid.”

School of Social Work isfounded.

The first Summer Sessionsbegin at Columbia, fundedby a $5,000 loan from SethLow to Nicholas Butler, thePresident of Columbia from1902 until 1945. Disturbedby the “unduly long” sum-mer breaks, Butler had beenstudying the success of sum-mer programs at the Uni-versity of Chicago andHarvard. The SummerSessions became enormouslypopular, registering 16,000students per year by the 1940s.

‒The presidency of NicholasButler, during which Colum-bia added the schools of

A view of the campus in 1898 featuring Low Library, Schermerhorn, Fayerweather,and Mathematics Halls and one building of the former Bloomingdale asylum—thecurrent Maison Française. Ladies walking on the

Columbia campus in 1900.

Columbia crew team, 1900.

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Business, Dentistry, LibraryServices, Social Work, andJournalism. Butler, a Colum-bia graduate of the Class of1882, was one of the mostprominent educators anddiplomats of his time, as wellas the founder of the Educa-tional Review. In 1910 Butlerconvinced Andrew Carnegieto endow a substantial char-itable fund promoting inter-national peace. Butler alsoplayed a major role in the1928 Pact of Paris, which“required its signatories toforswear war as an instru-ment of international policy.”

School of General Studies isfounded.

Franklin Delano Rooseveltgraduates from ColumbiaLaw School.

Graduate School of Journ-alism is founded a year afterthe death of benefactorJoseph Pulitzer, who endowedthe University with $500,000to establish a prize in hisname. The University grantsthe Pulitzer Prize, which hasbeen awarded each May since1917, for outstanding achieve-ment in American journal-ism, letters, and music.

Graduate School of Businessis founded.

School of Dental and OralSurgery is founded. TheMedical School begins ad-mitting women.

John Erskine teaches the firstGreat Books Honors Semi-nar, making the study oforiginal masterworks thefoundation of Columbia’sCore Curriculum.

Columbia’s President Butlerruns for Republican presi-dential nomination. He suc-ceeds in drawing 69-and-a-half votes at the convention,but Harding wins the nomi-nation.

The Presbyterian Hospital(founded in 1868 by JamesLennox) joins ColumbiaUniversity. New buildingsbegin construction on a 22-acre Washington Heights sitedonated by the Harknessfamily. School of PublicHealth is founded.

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Interior of Fiske Hall, a portion of Milbank Hall on theBarnard College campus, 1914.

Dormitory Life,wood carving, 1910.

First year of theJournalism School,1912-1913.

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Lou Gehrig arrives atColumbia on a footballscholarship. He will study at Columbia College fortwo years before signingwith the Yankees in 1925.

Paul Robeson graduatesfrom Columbia Law School.Robeson would later turnhis extraordinary gifts to thestage and towards workingfor social, economic, andlegal equality for minoritygroups.

Lionel Trilling, later a renownedColumbia University professorof English Literature and oneof the greatest critics of hisgeneration, graduates fromColumbia. Trilling and hisredoubtable wife, the authorDiana Trilling, would be atthe center of New York’s liber-al intelligentsia for decades tocome.

Opening as a joint projectbetween the Columbia Me-dical School and The Presby-terian Hospital, the Colum-bia-Presbyterian MedicalCenter becomes the first hos-pital to combine teaching,research, and patient care.

Benjamin Spock graduatesfirst in his class at the Collegeof Physicians and Surgeons.Doctor Spock later revolu-tionized parenting with thepublication of his book Babyand Child Care and devotedhis life to educating and em-powering parents in the healthand welfare of their children.

Butler shares Nobel Prize forWorld Peace, awarded for hiswork on the Pact of Paris,with Jane Adams, the found-er of Hull House. Also, BardHall, the last building con-structed on the HealthSciences campus, is complet-ed. Bard Hall is named afterDr. Samuel Bard.

Paul Robeson, Law School Class of 1923.

University library staff in front of Low Memorial Library, ca. 1929.Front row, far right: Alfred L. Robert, Chief Medical Librarian.

The late Diana Trillingin 1994 with ProfessorEdward Said (left),two-time recipient ofthe Trilling award fora book published by aColumbia author that“best exhibits thestandards of intellectand scholarship foundin the work of LionelTrilling.”

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Virginia Apgar graduatesfrom the College of Phy-sicians and Surgeons. Dr.Apgar became the college’sfirst professor of anesthesiol-ogy and the first womannamed a full professor at thecollege. She developed theApgar Score in 1952, stillused to assess the health ofnewborns.

Columbia ChemistryProfessor Harold C. Ureywins the Nobel Prize, con-tinuing a tradition of publichonors awarded to Colum-bia faculty.

Butler Library construction is completed this year. TheLibrary was another gift ofEdward S. Harkness, whoalso donated the site for theMedical School in Wash-ington Heights.

Research into the atom byColumbia faculty members I. I. Rabi, Enrico Fermi, andPolykarp Kusch brings thePhysics Department into theinternational spotlight.

Allen Ginsberg (’48) comesto Columbia as a law studentand meets Jack Kerouac andWilliam Burroughs. Kerouachad been in the Class of1944 but lost his footballscholarship after an injury.Ginsberg’s poem Howl woulddefine the passion of the BeatGeneration in response to theblandness of corporateAmerica.

Under President Butler’sguidance, Columbia’s endow-ment soared to $127.5 mil-lion—up from $1.7 millionin 1902.

The School of InternationalAffairs is founded, continu-ing an affiliation with theU.S. Department of Statebegun by Butler.

Columbia University and 13of its neighbors band togeth-er in the name of Morn-ingside Heights, Inc., torestore and maintain restora-tion of the neighborhood.Severe housing shortages fol-lowing World War II hadresulted in a proliferation ofunsafe Single Room Occu-pancy (SRO) units, whichwere extreme fire hazards.

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1934 painting in the entrance of ButlerLibrary, which illustrates the University’smotto, “In thy light we shall see light.”

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,

dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,

angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machin-ery of night,

who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz,

who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tene-ment roofs illuminated,

who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the scholars of war,

who were expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull . . .

Excerpt from Alan Ginsberg’s (CC ‘48) poem Howl© 1986 by HarperCollins Publishers. Used by per-mission of the publisher.

A 1994 postage stampof Virginia Apgar, M.D.,College of Physiciansand Surgeons Class of1933.

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Two years after leading theAllied Forces during WorldWar II and conducting suc-cessful campaigns in Africa,Sicily, and Western Europe,as well as the D-Day invasionof France, Dwight Eisenhoweris appointed the thirteenthPresident of Columbia Uni-versity. The School of theArts is also founded this year.

Mrs. Thomas Lamont donatesher family estate on the TorreyCliff to Columbia, setting upthe basis of what would be-come the Lamont-DohertyGeological Observatory.

Over the next decades, thescientists at Lamont-Dohertywould develop the first uni-fied method of predictingearthquakes; the first lunarseismometer; and the mostextensive collection of marinegeophysical data in the world.

Eisenhower becomes Ame-rica’s thirty-fourth Presidentand resigns as President ofColumbia. In 1956, he won asecond term as chief executive.

Grayson Kirk is named four-teenth president of Columbia.An authority on international

affairs and diplomacy, Kirkwas suited to the conservativeera of the 1950s. He createdthe Security Council of theUnited Nations and served asa director or board memberfor several prominent corpo-rations. Kirk’s 16-year presi-dency would witness greatchanges in Columbia and inAmerican culture.

The University’s Bicentennial,an anniversary celebrated bya period of steady expansion.A major campus buildingprogram is activated, and bythe end of the followingdecade, more than five of theUniversity’s schools arehoused in new buildings.

Boutros Boutros Ghali is aFulbright recipient and visitingscholar at the Columbia LawSchool. Later, under Ghali’sleadership, the United Nationswould launch peacekeepingmissions in Somalia, Bosnia,Cambodia, and Lebanon.

College of Physicians andSurgeons professors AndréCournand and DickinsonRichards receive a jointNobel Prize for their researchinto the studies of the physi-ology of the heart and lungs.

Design for proposed Columbia CollegeStudent Center in 1948.

The former School of Engineering in1948, now Mathematics Hall.

Etching of Columbia faculty, 1940s.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg grad-uates from Columbia LawSchool. Ginsburg became thesecond woman to be appoint-ed to the Supreme Court,and her work has helped toend sex-based classificationin the law. Also, the Schoolof Social Work (founded in1898) becomes affiliatedwith Columbia University.

Columbia announces that itwill lease land in nearbyMorningside Park and con-struct a gymnasium to beused both by students andresidents of Harlem.

The Columbia Area VolunteerAmbulance (CAVA) is found-ed as a “registered ambulance”service, offering quicker emer-gency assistance to the entireMorningside Heights commu-nity. In 1994 CAVA’s status isupgraded to the level of “certi-fied ambulance,” paving theway for more advanced med-ical techniques.

Elliott P. Skinner, Ph.D. in an-thropology, is the first African-American to receive tenure atthe University. Professor Skinnerlater became the chairperson ofthe Anthropology Departmentand still teaches there today.

The Students’ Afro-AmericanSociety (SAS) receives a chapterfrom the University, becomingthe first African-Americanadvocacy group on a multi-racial campus in the UnitedStates. The SAS would soonexert pressure on President Kirkto take a ‘‘public stand againstthe blatant denial of constitu-tional rights” then raging inSelma, Alabama, where de-monstrators had been viciouslyattacked by the police duringDr. Martin Luther King’s suf-frage march. Also this yearDr. Konrad Bloch wins aNobel Prize for his researchstudies in cholesterol metabo-lism, begun when he was aresearch assistant at Columbia.

The Double DiscoveryCenter is founded byUniversity students interestedin helping community stu-dents graduate from highschool, gain acceptance tocollege, and subsequentlyearn college degrees. Studentdemonstrators disrupt theannual R.O.T.C. ceremonyat Columbia, protesting thewar in Vietnam and theUniversity’s connection witha private corporation, theInstitute for Defense Analysis(IDA). IDA was involved inwar research. PresidentJohnson increases militarystrength in Vietnam despitethe growing storm of nation-wide protest.

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U.S. Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsberg, LawSchool Class of 1959.

Etching of Columbia classes, 1940s.

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Problems develop with theMorningside gymnasium.The Congress of RacialEquality (CORE) criticizesColumbia’s use of publiclands. Around this time itbecomes public that, asdesigned, the gymnasiumhas separate entrances andathletic spaces for Columbiastudents and Harlem resi-dents. Westside News namedthe project “Gym Crow.”Columbia forms an Insti-tute of Urban Environment,which begins a compre-hensive study of urbanproblems.

The New York Times an-nounces that “a 20-year-oldBarnard junior was formallyinstalled last night as the firstwoman to serve as an editorof The Columbia DailySpectator. . . . Miss EleanorPrescott joined the paper as afreshman in February, 1965,the first year that Barnard[students] were permitted todo so.” Twenty Columbiastudents prevent a CIArecruiter from interviewingprospects, and, threatened bystudent strike, Columbiaadministrators agree to with-hold class rankings fromdraft boards. The Morn-ingside Gym debate heats up,with neighborhood rallies at

the gym site and communitypledges to burn the gymdown if it is constructed.

The world’s eye is onColumbia, as students enterLow Library demanding thatColumbia disaffiliate fromIDA and stop work onMorningside Gymnasium. A confrontation betweenadministration and studentsresults in students occupyingfive buildings on campus, asresidents of Harlem rally onBroadway in support of blackstudents. Classes cannot beheld, and gym constructionis stopped. After five days,President Kirk calls in citypolice, who clear more than a

thousand students from fivebuildings. In the ensuingchaos, students, faculty, andbystanders are chased andbeaten, resulting in 712arrests and 89 hospitaliza-tions. The schism betweenadministration and studentsnow seems insurmountable,and students boycott com-mencement. Kirk resigns asPresident. Also this year—Madeleine Albright, laterU.S. Secretary of State in theClinton administration, grad-uates from the School ofPublic Affairs.

Andrew W. Cordier becomesActing President of ColumbiaUniversity, before being

Student climbing into occupied building in 1968. Student protesting during 1968 demonstrations.

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reappointed Dean of theFaculty of InternationalAffairs. A former Repre-sentative of the SecretaryGeneral and Under Secretaryat the United Nations,Cordier’s diplomatic abili-ties were fully tested by aColumbia in transition.Attempts at new sit-ins failas Cordier responds swiftly,obtaining court orders toclear buildings and nonvio-lent cooperation from thepolice. The writer PaulAuster was a member of the 1969 graduating class.Also this year the African-American studies program is founded after studentsexert pressure on the admin-istration.

William McGill becomesColumbia’s President. TheUniversity hires I. M. Pei todesign additions to the cen-tral campus. Pei’s designs areso controversial, involvingthe construction of two whitetowers at the center of thecampus, that building isdelayed. In June of 1970, Peiresigned, saying “Columbiamust now weigh priorities.”Sketches of the two towersshow a radically changedUniversity, and architectsnow feel that Pei’s notionswould have dated quicklyand over increased the densi-ty of the campus.

McGill tells a New YorkTimes reporter that “many,many alumni have said theywill not give another dime toColumbia until we settle thegym question. . . . It hasbecome a credibility questionwith the alumni.” In June of1971, the Times reports onits front page, “ColumbiaUniversity has found a sitefor the new gymnasium ithas been seeking amid manytribulations. . . . It will be oncampus, connecting the oldgym and extending west toBroadway.”

The School of Social Work,after being displaced from itsformer site at the CarnegieMansion in midtown, movesup to Morningside. It isplaced in temporary housingat McVickar Hall while con-troversy rages about the siteof a new building, whichpeople fear will aggravatehousing problems and racialtension in the neighborhood.In the end, the developmentcommittee decides to reno-vate McVickar rather thanrisk angering the studentsand community.

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Paul Auster, ColumbiaCollege Class of 1969.

I. M. Pei’s 1970 plans to erect two towers on Morningside campus.

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Six years after the riots onMorningside campus, the Uni-versity finishes construction ofa physical fitness center andpledges $250,000 for a resto-ration of the scarred sight leftbehind in Morningside Park. Asense of healing old rifts be-comes apparent as McGill hireslandscape designer LawrenceHalperin, who closely consultswith the West Harlemcommunity in creating thedesign. “My position,” saysMcGill, “was that I would notturn over a spade of dirt with-out agreement with the commu-nity.”

Michael I. Sovern (Class of1953, Columbia Law School1955) becomes the President ofColumbia University. Sovern isan internationally renownedlegal scholar specializing in thefields of labor relations and con-flict resolution. During Sovern’s13 years in office, he imple-mented a renewal program oncampus that resulted in the cre-ation of 120 endowed professor-ships and millions of dollars instudent support.

On January 22 1982, BarnardCollege and ColumbiaUniversity “announced that theywill . . .permit the admission ofwomen to Columbia College.

The inclusion of women to theClass of 1987 increased applica-tions from both male andfemale students, and ushered inColumbia’s most competitiveyears to date.

Development begins on theAudubon Business and Tech-nology Center, built on the siteof the Audubon Ballroomwhere Malcolm X was killed in1965. There was criticism ofColumbia for again encroachingon the community, so planswere revised to include therestoration of the Audubonfaçade, a memorial to MalcolmX, and a community healthclinic run by the city. TheCenter opens in 1995.

A coalition of student-run com-munity service programs formsthe umbrella group currentlyknown as Community Impact.By 1998, Community Impactwill consist of more than 700student volunteers operating 25programs that serve an averageof 1,200 people each week.

The opening of Morris A.Schapiro Hall allows ColumbiaCollege to achieve its long-heldgoal of offering four years ofhousing to all undergraduatestudents. Morris Schapiro was amember of the Class of 1923and became one of the Univer-sity’s most generous benefac-tors.

The restored facade of the Audubon Center.

College of Physicians and Surgeons alumnus Story Musgravediscussing slides he took during his space walks to repair the$1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope in 1993.

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The Presbyterian Hospitalopens the Milstein HospitalBuilding, a 745-bed facility thatincorporates the very latestadvances in medical technologyand patient care.

Students in General Studies andthe Graduate School of Artsand Sciences establish a newgroup for black students, calledthe African American CulturalSociety (AACS). AACS differsfrom other student organizationsbecause its sole purpose is toaddress the relationship of theHarlem community andGeneral Studies students.

Morris A. Schapiro Center for Engineering and PhysicalScience Research opens, bring-ing the University into the fore-front of the telecommunicationsand high-tech research develop-ments.

George Rupp becomes Presidentof Columbia University after sixyears as Dean of HarvardDivinity School and eight yearsas President of Rice University.Since Rupp’s investiture, manyschools, most notably ColumbiaCollege, have seen a consistentrise in applications, with theClass of 2002 being the mostcompetitive in its history.Columbia has increased its

endowment under Rupp’s lead-ership and has played animportant role in the successfuleffort to have Harlem designat-ed a Federal EmpowermentZone.

LeRoy Neiman donates the“LeRoy Neiman Gallery” tothe School of the Arts, provid-ing a combined gallery, read-ing, and performing space.

In February Columbiaannounces that it has takenover the management ofBiosphere 2 Center, located inthe Arizona desert. PresidentRupp describes Biosphere 2Center as “the world’s largest

enclosed ecological laboratory.”By mid-May, the University isable to offer unique on-site fieldcourses in earth and environ-mental sciences. Also, FerrisBooth Hall is demolished, andconstruction begins on the newstudent center, Alfred LernerHall, made possible by a $25million contribution from alum-nus and trustee Alfred Lerner.

The one-hundredth anniversaryof the cornerstone laying of LowLibrary. The Fu Foundationdonates a $26 million gift to theSchool of Engineering andApplied Science. The School ofEngineering has since beenrenamed in recognition of thegift.

President Rupp atCommencement.

Biosphere 2

Ferris Booth Hall

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Morningside Campus

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF

ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND PRESERVATION

Bernard Tschumi, DeanLoes Schiller, Associate Dean for Student Affairs 400 Avery Hall, Mail Code 0353(212) 854-3510Fax: (212) 864-0410Admissions: (212) 854-3414http://www.arch.columbia.edu

The Graduate School of Architecture,Planning, and Preservation seeks to developgraduate students’ artistic and intellectualabilities while providing them with theinformation and strategies necessary to dealresponsibly and inventively with issueschallenging contemporary urban society.

Degrees offered: Master of Architectureand Master of Science (M.S.) in advancedarchitectural design, M.S. in architecture andurban design, M.S. in historic preservation,M.S. in real estate development, and M.S. inurban planning. Nondegree programs: NewYork–Paris: The Shape of Two Cities, andIntroduction to Architecture: A SummerStudio in New York.

SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Dan Kleinman, Acting Dean Barbara Batcheler, Associate Dean for

Administration305 Dodge Hall, Mail Code 1803(212) 854-2875Fax: (212) 854-1309Admissions: (212) 854-2134E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/arts

The School of the Arts continues a tradi-tion of innovation and accomplishment inthe creative arts at Columbia. The Schoolmaintains close links with New York’svibrant artistic community, which allowsstudents to acquire firsthand professionalexperience. Degrees offered: Master ofFine Arts in film (directing, history/theory/cul-ture, producing, screenwriting), theatre arts(acting, directing, playwriting, theatre man-agement, and criticism), visual arts, andwriting (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry);Doctor of Musical Arts; and Doctor ofPhilosophy in theatre through the GraduateSchool of Arts and Sciences. The School alsooffers undergraduate majors in film studies,visual arts, and creative writing to studentsfrom Columbia College and General Studies.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

Eduardo R. Macagno, Dean109 Low Memorial Library, Mail Code 4306(212) 854-2861Fax: (212) 854-2863Robert E. Bunselmeyer, Associate Dean108 Low Memorial Library, Mail Code 4305(212) 854-2865 Jennifer Caplan, Assistant Dean for Admissions

and Financial Aid 108 Low Memorial Library, Mail Code 4305(212) 854-5977Beatrice Terrien-Somerville, Assistant Dean for

Academic Affairs109 Low Memorial Library, Mail Code 4306(212) 854-5052Admissions: (212) 854-4737http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciencesoffers master’s and doctoral degrees in morethan 50 fields of study within the humani-ties, social sciences, natural sciences, and

many of the professional schools.Throughout its 117-year history, theGraduate School, one of the strongest inthe country, has trained an especially largeshare of the nation’s teachers, scholars, andleaders. Degrees offered: Master of Arts(part time and full time), Master ofPhilosophy, Doctor of Musical Arts, andDoctor of Philosophy (full time only).

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Meyer Feldberg, DeanSafwan Masri, Vice DeanJoan Sullivan, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

and Activities217 Uris Hall, Mail Code 9142(212) 854-4191Fax: (212) 678-0171Admissions: (212) 854-5567E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/business

Columbia Business School’s uniquestrengths are its outstanding faculty, itslocation in the business and financial capi-tal of the world, and its worldwide relation-ships with business and academic leaders—a combination that makes it one of the pre-mier schools internationally for graduatebusiness education. Globalization is woveninto the fabric of daily student life by themulticultural environment, and by theChazen Institute of International Business,which coordinates an array of internationalstudy programs, tours, exchanges, confer-ences, and research.

Areas of concentration include account-ing, business economics, finance, manage-ment of organizations, management sci-ence, operations management, marketing,public and nonprofit management, humanresource management, construction man-agement, international business, investmentmanagement, and futures markets analysis.The Executive M.B.A Program (EMBA),enrolling students who are already success-ful executives, combines classroom theorywith intensive examination of current prob-lems encountered by participants in theirjobs. Eighty professional, academic, andsocial student organizations provide theopportunity for an active cocurricular com-ponent to be incorporated into students’educational lives. Degrees offered: Master

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Schools and Programs

For information on joint programs or on registering forcourses in a school other than your own, consult theadmissions office of the school in which you wish tostudy. A list of the degrees currently offered followseach school’s description. Consult each school’s bulletinfor specific information.

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of Business Administration and Doctor ofPhilosophy. Dual degrees offered in conjunc-tion with Architecture, Engineering, GeneralStudies, SIPA, Journalism, Law School,Nursing School, School of Public Health,School of Social Work, and Teachers College.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE

Austin Quigley, Dean208 Hamilton Hall, Mail Code 2805(212) 854-2441 E-mail: [email protected] Yatrakis, Associate Dean208 Hamilton Hall, Mail Code 2805(212) 854-2441E-mail: [email protected]: (212) 854-7984Admissions: (212) 854-2522E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/college

The 3,700 men and women studying atColumbia College enjoy the personal atten-tion provided by the smallest college in theIvy League as well as access to the academicresources and facilities of a great researchinstitution. The College’s program of gen-eral education, developed after World WarI, has served as a model for hundreds ofcolleges. In the midst of New York City’sdiversity, Columbia College has educatedmany of the nation’s leaders, including 14New York City mayors, 10 governors of thestate, and numerous other prominent

figures in government, education, law, business, engineering, science, medicine,and the arts. The graduation rate for theschool’s 1991 entering class of first-timefirst-year students was 88 percent.

Degree offered: Bachelor of Arts.

FU FOUNDATION SCHOOL OF

ENGINEERING AND APPLIED

SCIENCE

Zvi Galil, Dean (212) 854-2993510 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4714C. J. Colombo, Dean of Students 530 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4708(212) 854-2961Undergraduate admissions: (212) 854-2522Graduate admissions: (212) 854-6438Fax: (212) 864-0104E-mail: [email protected]://www.seas.columbia.edu

The Fu Foundation School of Engineeringand Applied Science (FFSEAS) offers itsundergraduate and graduate students anunparalleled educational experience with anemphasis on understanding fundamentalprinciples of science and technology, as wellas developing a firm grasp of both theoryand practice. In addition to traditionalengineering disciplines, undergraduate andgraduate programs are offered in suchdiverse fields as biomedical engineering,computer science, plasma physics, and

materials science. The undergraduate pro-gram draws on the University’s outstandingmathematics and science departments aswell as the famous Core Curriculum ofColumbia College to augment its own rig-orous course offerings, giving students boththe technical skills and the intellectual dis-cipline needed to become leaders in indus-try, government, and education. Graduateprograms of study are not formally pre-scribed but are planned to meet the partic-ular needs and interests of each student.Graduate students may also enroll in inter-disciplinary courses with the College ofPhysicians and Surgeons, the BusinessSchool, and other schools within theUniversity. The graduation rate for theschool’s 1991 entering undergraduate classof first-year students was 83 percent.Degrees offered: Bachelor of Science, Masterof Science, Professional Degree, Doctor ofEngineering Science, and Doctor of Philo-sophy, in conjunction with the GraduateSchool of Arts and Sciences.

SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES

Peter J. Awn, Dean408 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4103(212) 854-6321Richard J. Ferraro, Dean of Students403 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4102(212) 854-2881Fax: (212) 854-6316Admissions: (212) 854-2772Admissions e-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/gs

The School of General Studies (GS) is thecollege for returning students. Offering achoice of more than 40 majors, a broad setof distribution requirements, and a distinc-tive core, GS is the undergraduate collegefor students who have interrupted theireducation for at least one year after highschool or during college. It also serves non-traditional students, particularly those per-sons who must attend part time for com-pelling personal or professional reasons. GSis fully integrated into the academic life ofthe University: its students take classes withpeers in the other undergraduate colleges,and from the regular faculty of ColumbiaUniversity.

In addition to the undergraduate pro-gram, GS offers postbaccalaureate premed-ical and pre-health programs for individualswith a B.A. or B.S. who wish to take addi-tional course work to qualify for admissionto schools of medicine or allied health.

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View of the campus from Journalism, 1920s.

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Together the degree and postbaccalaureateprograms consist of slightly more than1,300 students, divided almost equally intomen and women. The average student’s ageis 28. Degrees offered: Bachelor of Artsand Bachelor of Science. The Postbaccalau-reate Premedical Program offers an OfficialCertificate for students who complete pre-scribed courses.

SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Lisa Anderson, Dean 1414 International Affairs Building,

Mail Code 3328(212) 854-4604E-mail: [email protected] Lewis, Associate Dean 1427 International Affairs Building,

Mail Code 3325(212) 854-8690E-mail: [email protected] Cohen, Associate Dean 1417 International Affairs Building,

Mail Code 3328(212) 854-2167E-mail: [email protected]: (212) 864-4847Admissions: (212) 854-4841; (212) 854-4842http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa

Founded in 1946, the School of In-ternational and Public Affairs (SIPA) offerstwo-year interdisciplinary graduate pro-grams in international affairs and publicadministration that are unique in thebreadth of their curricular offerings. In theMaster of International Affairs (M.I.A.)degree program, students may pursue eithera regional or functional concentration.Regional concentrations cover the econom-ics, politics, and history of Africa, EastAsia, East Europe, Latin America, theMiddle East, South Asia, the former SovietUnion, and Western Europe. The sevenfunctional concentrations, which offercareer-oriented curricula spanning a varietyof regions, include international financeand business, environmental policy studies,economic and political development,human rights and humanitarian affairs,international media and communications,international economic policy, and interna-tional security policy. Students in theMaster of Public Administration (M.P.A.)degree program complete rigorous corerequirements to prepare them for manage-ment positions in the public sector. M.P.A.students then choose from a series of policyconcentrations in areas such as the environ-ment, health care, education, or technologypolicy to tailor their curriculum to theirprofessional objectives.

SIPA also administers the InternationalFellows Seminar and offers joint degreeprograms with the Graduate School ofBusiness, the School of Law, the GraduateSchool of Journalism, the School of PublicHealth, the School of Social Work, and theUrban Planning Program at the GraduateSchool of Architecture, Planning, andPreservation. Degrees offered: Master ofInternational Affairs and Master of PublicAdministration.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF

JOURNALISM

Tom Goldstein, DeanTracey Stewart, Dean of Students701B Journalism Building, Mail Code 3804(212) 854-4150Fax: (212) 854-7837Admissions: (212) 854-8608; (212) 854-3828http://www.jrn.columbia.edu

Since its founding in 1912, the GraduateSchool of Journalism has been the country’sforemost center for preparing working

journalists. The program is a professionalone that teaches the craft of journalism in ahigh-pressure deadline atmosphere. In oneacademic year students learn to handleintelligently the basic contemporary issuesin newspaper, magazine, broadcast, andnew media. At the same time, students areexposed to journalistic ethics and princi-ples. The same program is also available topart-time students over a two-year period,two days a week, year-round.

The School’s graduates occupy leadingpositions in the field: as chief editors orpublishers of newspapers and other periodi-cals; as foreign correspondents; and in tele-vision and radio, in positions from seniornews officers at the major networks toreporters at local stations; and many serveas deans or faculty members at otherschools of journalism. Degree offered:Master of Science in Journalism.

SCHOOL OF LAW

David W. Leebron, Dean7W14J Law, Mail Code 4036(212) 854-2675Shannon Salinas, Assistant Dean of Students7W14I-B10 Greene Hall, Mail Code 4036(212) 854-7420Ellen Chapnick, Assistant Dean for the Center

for Public Interest Law9th Floor, William C. Warren Hall,

Mail Code 4093(212) 854-4628Alice Haemmerli, Assistant Dean for

International Programs and Graduate Studies7W14C Greene Hall, Mail Code 4036(212) 854-7406Admissions: (212) 854-2670http://www.columbia.edu/cu/law

Columbia Law School, one of the oldestand most distinguished law schools inAmerica, was a charter member of theAmerican Association of Law Schools andhas been approved by the American BarAssociation. The School was established in1858, although law lectures were offered atthe University as early as 1794. Presently,the School offers an extensive curriculumin international and foreign law, humanrights, corporate and business law, intellec-tual property, employment law, and otherareas of legal study and practice. TheSchool enrolls approximately 100 graduatestudents annually, the great majority ofwhom come from outside the UnitedStates. Its library is the fourth largest lawlibrary in the world, with particularly

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Madeleine Albright

SIPA Class of 1969

“When I studied here at Columbia, the

dominant image of the UN was the

orange UNICEF box children carried

around at Halloween. By the summer of

1995, it had become the sight of a UN

peacekeeper in Bosnia handcuffed to a

chain-link fence.” — Madeleine Albright,

speaking at Columbia October 24, 1996

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impressive holdings in foreign and interna-tional law. The School’s curriculumincludes a pro bono requirement in whichstudents complete 40 hours of service topublic interest organizations, as well as thepioneering legal ethics course requirement.Faculty and graduates of the School have along tradition of private practice and ofpublic service in the judiciary and in gov-ernment. Graduates include U.S. presi-dents, Supreme Court justices, federal andstate court judges, state governors, notedcivil rights leaders, and heads of some ofthe country’s largest entertainment andbusiness corporations. Degrees offered:Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, and Doctor ofthe Science of Law.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

Ronald A. Feldman, Dean (212) 854-5189Peg Hess, Associate Dean 207 McVickar Hall, Mail Code 4600(212) 854-5187David I. Yam, Senior Assistant DeanOffice of Enrollment and Student Service Systems316 McVickar Hall, Mail Code 4600(212) 854-3748Fax: (212) 854-2975Admissions: (212) 854-2856http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw

The School of Social Work is dedicated toidentifying and addressing the needs ofsociety’s most vulnerable members. TheSchool offers master of science and doctoralprograms with specializations in health andmental health; family and children’s ser-vices; aging; the world of work; school-based social work; international socialwork; contemporary social problems; andsocial work with refugee, immigrant, andhomeless populations. Major fields of con-centration are clinical social work; ad-vanced generalist practice and program-ming; social administration; social policy;and social research. New York City is anincomparable setting in which to study thesocial behaviors introduced in the class-room. The impact of the School’s contribu-tions to human welfare, however, extendsfar beyond New York. National movementssuch as the National Urban League and theWhite House Conferences on Childrenhave emerged from coalitions formed bythe School’s administrators and faculty incooperation with other professional andcommunity organizations. Degreesoffered: Master of Science and Ph.D. inSocial Work.

Health Sciences Campus

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND

SCIENCES AT THE COLLEGE OF

PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

David H. Figurski, Associate Dean of Graduate Students

Office of Graduate AffairsHammer Health Sciences Center, Room 406701 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032(212) 305-8058Fax: (212) 305-1031Admissions: (212) 305-8058E-mail: [email protected]://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gsas

There are seven departmental Ph.D. pro-grams and four doctoral subcommittees ofthe Graduate School of Arts and Scienceslocated at the College of Physicians andSurgeons on the Health Sciences campus:the Departments of Anatomy and CellBiology, Biochemistry and MolecularBiophysics, Genetics and Development,Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology,and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics;and the doctoral program subcommitteeson the Integrated Program in Cellular,Molecular, and Biophysical Studies;Medical Infomatics; Neurobiology andBehavior; and Nutrition. The 11 doctoral

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programs have formally joined efforts in anew program known as the CoordinatedProgram for Graduate Studies in BasicSciences. The Coordinated Program, whichis administered by the Associate Dean ofGraduate Students, allows students a widerange of choices for laboratory rotationsand thesis mentor. The Office of GraduateAffairs on the Health Sciences campus isresponsible for the academic and financialaffairs of the more than 300 Ph.D. studentsin these programs. In addition, the officeprovides assistance with housing and immi-gration issues. A committee of student rep-resentatives from each department and pro-gram meets regularly with the associate andassistant deans. Degrees offered: Masterof Science in Medical Infomatics and Ph.D.in various aforementioned fields of study.

SCHOOL OF DENTAL AND ORAL

SURGERY

Allan J. Formicola, DeanEllen M. Watts, Director of Admissions630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032(212) 305-6318Fax: (212) 305-7134E-mail: [email protected] and Alumni Affairs(212) 305-6881Fax: (212) 305-1034Admissions: (212) 305-3478http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/dental

The School of Dental and Oral Surgerywas the first dental school in the nation tobe fully integrated with a research universi-ty and a world-renowned medical center.The four-year curriculum, founded on thecooperation between and the instruction ofdental and medical students in the biomed-ical sciences, provides the cornerstone of anacademically and clinically superior educa-tion. Besides offering exceptional profes-sional research training, the School haslong provided quality dental care to disad-vantaged patients at the Special PatientCare Clinic sponsored by the School.Clinic patients traditionally have limitedaccess to medical care because of financialconstraints, disabilities, age infirmities, orremote locations. The School also offers awide range of educational and researchopportunities through combined degreeprograms in such diverse fields as publichealth, business, nutrition, and education.

Degrees offered: Doctor of DentalSurgery, postdoctoral degrees, and specialtytraining in both university and hospital settings.

INSTITUTE OF HUMAN

NUTRITION

Richard Deckelbaum, M.D., Director630 West 168th Street, PH 15 East,

Room 1512, Box 61New York, NY 10032 (212) 305-4808Fax: (212) 305-3079Admissions: (212) 305-4808E-mail: [email protected]://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/ihn

The Institute of Human Nutrition trainsindividuals for scholarly activities and posi-tions in universities and research centersthat are at the forefront of the movementto advance nutrition as a health science. Inaddition, the Institute seeks to advance thetraining of physicians and other health spe-cialists who are interested in emphasizingnutrition in their professions. The Institutehas three primary research emphases: basicscience approaches to nutritional problems,clinical nutrition, and public health nutri-tion. Each research area is reflected in itsown academic program of instruction, andeach program is highly integrated in orderto achieve two basic goals: research in allareas of human nutrition and an integratedteaching program in areas of nutrition rele-vant to basic clinical and public health sci-ence. Degrees offered: Master of Science(M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Mary O. Mundinger, Dr.P.H., DeanCarolyn Auerhahn, Ed.D., Assistant Dean of

Student Affairs617 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032(212) 305-5756Fax: (212) 305-3680Admissions: (212) 305-5756Admissions e-mail: [email protected]://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nursing

The School of Nursing, preparing leadersin nursing for over 100 years, offers pro-grams at the baccalaureate, master’s, anddoctoral level. The combined degree pro-gram for non-nurse B.A./B.S. graduates ornon–B.S. R.N.’s integrates academic studieswith clinical experience and acceleratesentry into the master’s program to prepareprofessional advanced practice nurses. Themaster’s program, also open to B.A./B.S.R.N.’s, educates for advanced practice in 10 clinical majors and emphasizes evidence-based, professional advanced practice

combined with a strong social awarenessand philosophy of patient empowerment.An advanced/statutory certificate programfor master’s prepared nurses facilitatespreparation in an additional area of spe-cialty practice. The Doctor of NursingScience program is built on the interrela-tionship between advanced clinical practiceand health policy/outcomes research.

The School of Nursing is a World HealthOrganization (WHO) Collaborating Centerfor the International Nursing Developmentof Advanced Practice. Faculty and studentsare involved in international practice andresearch initiatives throughout the world.Additional centers of intellectual inquiryand research include the Center for Womenand Children at Risk, the Center forHIV/AIDS Research, the Center for HealthPolicy and Health Services Research, andthe Center for Advanced Practice (CAP).CAP includes three full-scope primary carepractice sites run by faculty advanced practi-tioners. Two are located in the WashingtonHeights/Inwood community, and one(CAPNA) is located in Midtown, on theEast Side of Manhattan. Degrees offered:B.S./M.S. degree for non-nurse college gradu-ates. B.S./M.S. for non–B.S. R.N.’s. M.S. forbaccalaureate prepared R.N.’s with specializa-tion in adult, pediatric, family, geriatric, andwomen’s health primary care; nurse anesthe-sia; nurse-midwifery; critical or emergencycare; psychiatric/mental health; and oncologyadvanced practice. Also offered are theM.S./M.P.H., M.S./M.B.A., and D.N.Sc.

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PROGRAMS IN OCCUPATIONAL

THERAPY

Cynthia Hughes Harris, Director 710 West 168th Street, 8th Floor, New York,

NY 10032 (212) 305-3781Fax: (212) 305-4569E-mail: [email protected]://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/ot

The Programs in Occupational Therapyprepare graduates to evaluate, treat, andprovide consultation to persons whose abil-ity to perform the tasks of everyday livingis impaired by developmental deficits,aging, physical illness or injury, or psycho-logical or social disabilities. Since theirestablishment in 1941, the Programs inOccupational Therapy have educated manyof the country’s foremost occupational ther-apists, including clinicians, educators,administrators, and researchers. ThePrograms are distinguished by their closecoordination of academic and clinical expe-riences and their low student-faculty ratio,which offers opportunities for collaborativeresearch and publication. Students receive astrong foundation in major treatment areasand are prepared to work with all agegroups in a variety of institutional, commu-nity, and private-practice settings. ThePrograms in Occupational Therapy alsoinclude both professional and postprofes-sional education as well as the nation’s onlyjoint M.S./M.P.H. degree in occupationaltherapy and public health. Degreesoffered: Master of Science and jointM.S./M.P.H. with the School of Public Health.

PROGRAM IN PHYSICAL THERAPY

Joan E. Edelstein, Director710 West 168th Street, 8th Floor, New York,

NY 10032(212) 305-3781Fax: (212) 305-4569E-mail: [email protected]://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/pt/

The Program in Physical Therapy educateswell-qualified applicants to become physi-cal therapists who examine, treat, andinstruct individuals and who work to cor-rect physical deformities, reduce pain, andimprove independent movement. Treat-ment involves the use of physical measures,activities, and other devices. In the two-year intensive program, students collaboratewith faculty and clinicians within andbeyond the Medical Center to learnpatient-centered health care. Graduateshave strong clinical problem-solving skillsachieved through lecture and laboratorycourses relating to the art and science ofphysical therapy, 24 weeks of clinicalinternships at hospitals and other sitesthroughout the country and abroad, anddesign and completion of an independentfaculty-directed research thesis. TheProgram offers an exceptional foundationfor physical therapists to become clinicians,administrators, educators, and researchers.Graduates serve at the forefront of healthcare, assisting children and adults in theirquest toward wellness. Degree offered:Master of Science in Physical Therapy.

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND

SURGEONS

Herbert Pardes, M.D., Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032 (212) 305-3592Student Affairs Office(212) 305-3806Fax: (212) 305-1343Admissions: (212) 305-3595http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/ps

The history of the Faculty of Medicine atColumbia is a history of firsts. Founded in1767 as a division of instruction within theoriginal King’s College, the School was thefirst to grant the M.D. degree in the Amer-ican colonies. The faculty of the College ofPhysicians and Surgeons (P&S) was instru-mental in forging the world’s first academicmedical center, the Columbia-PresbyterianMedical Center. P&S faculty memberswere responsible for several significantmedical breakthroughs, including the firstblood test for cancer, the first medical useof the laser, and the first successful transferof genes from one cell to another. With astudent population of 600 M.D. candi-dates, 70 M.D./Ph.D. candidates, and adistinguished full-time faculty of 1,700,P&S continues to be a leader in medicaleducation and biomedical research.

Degree offered: Doctor of Medicine.

CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC

TRAINING AND RESEARCH

Robert A. Glick, M.D., DirectorStanley Bone, Associate Director1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032(212) 927-5000Fax: (212) 543-5677

The Center for Psychoanalytic Training andResearch is a postgraduate institute trainingPh.D. clinical psychologists, senior psychia-try residents, and psychiatrists in psycho-analysis. The Center has five major objec-tives that are all facets of an integratedwhole: to educate students in the theoryand practice of psychoanalysis, to encour-age psychoanalytic research, to apply psy-choanalytic theory to other disciplines, tofoster the development of psychoanalyticscholarship, and to provide high-quality,low-cost psychoanalytic treatment to thecommunity. Properly pursued, these objec-tives enrich and reinforce one another. Theprogram enables graduates to choose and

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pursue a variety of fields of predominantinterest. Many graduates go on to positionsin psychoanalytic research, teaching, acade-mic psychiatry, and other related profes-sional activities.

The Center also offers a partial (non-clinical) training program in psychoanalysisfor scholars and researchers in other fields.

Degree offered: Certificate in Psychoanalysis.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Allan Rosenfield, M.D., Dean Phyllis Starner, Director of Academic and

Student AffairsOffice location:617 West 168th Street, Room 3-327Mailing address:600 West 168th St., New York, NY 10032 (212) 305-3927Fax: (212) 305-6450Admissions: (212) 305-3927Admissions e-mail: [email protected]://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph

The School of Public Health, one of theoldest of the 27 accredited schools of pub-lic health in the country, and the onlyaccredited public health school in the met-ropolitan area, has over 700 studentsenrolled in master’s and doctoral programs.The concentrations available to students arebiostatistics, environmental health sciences,epidemiology, health policy and manage-ment, population and family health, andsociomedical sciences. With these special-izations students prepare for roles in healthmanagement, policy, program develop-ment, research, and teaching. Other degreesand program options are also available: thePh.D. degree in collaboration with theGraduate School of Arts and Sciences, anddual-degree programs with medicine, nurs-ing, dentistry, occupational therapy, socialwork, international and public affairs,urban planning, and business. The researchand service activities of the School’s multi-disciplinary faculty, conducted at local,national, and international levels, encom-pass a broad range of critical health issues,including AIDS, health care financing,environmental contamination, violence,adolescent pregnancy, women’s health, andhuman rights. Students often have oppor-tunities to participate in these activities aspart of their training. Degrees offered:Master of Public Health, Master of Science,Doctor of Public Health, and Ph.D. in col-laboration with the Graduate School of Artsand Sciences.

Continuing Education andSpecial Programs

Frank Wolf, DeanPaul McNeil, Associate Dean

Admissions and student affairs:Student Services CenterDarlene Giraitis, DirectorFrank Glass, Associate DirectorEllen Richmond, Coordinator203 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4119(212) 854-2820Fax: (212) 854-7400E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp

Academic Officers:American Language Program: Mary Jerome,

ChairSummer and Academic-Year Credit Programs:

Carol Slade, DirectorNoncredit Programs: Paul M. McNeilComputer Programs: Dennis Green, DirectorCreative Writing Center: Alan Ziegler, Director

AMERICAN LANGUAGE PROGRAM

Mary Jerome, Chair504 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4113(212) 854-3585Fax: (212) 932-7651E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp/alp

The American Language Program (ALP)offers English language proficiency testingand academic English courses for studentswho are nonnative English speakers. TheALP offers full-time and part-time compre-hensive language courses; pronunciationand fluency workshops; a TOEFL prepara-tion class; professional seminars in Englishfor business and law; and specialized tutor-ing for small groups. Level 10, CollegeComposition for International Students, isa credit-bearing two-term course that ful-fills the composition requirement forundergraduate schools at the University.

CREATIVE WRITING CENTER

Alan Ziegler, DirectorLeslie Woodard, Program Administrator612 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4108(212) 854-3774E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp/writing

The Creative Writing Center offers a widerange of imaginative writing courses. Creditcourses are available to students in all

divisions of the University, as well as tonondegree students. Students wishing toenroll in workshop courses must secureapproval, assessed on the basis of a submit-ted writing sample. The Center also offers anumber of noncredit courses designed forthose with somewhat less time to commit,including courses in poetry, fiction, drama,and creative nonfiction writing.

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND

APPLICATIONS PROGRAM

Dennis Green, DirectorStudent Services CenterE-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp/CTA

The Computer Technology and Appli-cations Program (CTA) prepares highlymotivated adults for professional advance-ment in the fields of data processing andinformation systems. Many CTA studentscurrently work in the computer field andseek a firm technical foundation to enhancetheir careers, while others are preparing for a major career change. The five pro-grams of study are: C/C++ Programmingand Software Development; DatabaseApplication Development and Design;Internet/Intranet Management and Design;Analysis, Design, and Management ofInformation Systems; and BusinessApplications. The four-term program leads to an official Columbia UniversityCertificate.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM

Student Services CenterE-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp

The Noncredit Foreign Language Pro-gram at Columbia offers classes in 27 lan-guages—from Armenian to Yiddish—tostudents who do not need academic credit.Continuing Education and Special Pro-grams also offers conversation groups forforeign language maintenance for those stu-dents who wish to maintain and in somecases to enhance their command of practi-cal, everyday spoken language in Chinese,French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean,Russian, or Spanish.

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OVERSEAS PROGRAMS

John Sharples, Assistant Director of Overseas Programs

303 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4110(212) 854-2559Fax: (212) 854-5861E-mail: [email protected]

Berlin Consortium for German Studieshttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp/berlin

Open to students who have completed twoor three years of college German or its equi-valent, the Berlin Consortium for GermanStudies offers semester and academic-yearprograms. After a six-week language prac-ticum, students enroll with German stu-dents at the Freie Universität Berlin.

Columbia University in Paris at Reid Hallhttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp/reidhall

Open to students who have completed twoor three years of college French or theequivalent, this program offers courses atReid Hall in Paris as well as at three divi-sions of the University of Paris system(Paris III, Paris VII, and “Sciences-Po”).Students may stay for one term or for a fullacademic year. For students who wish tostudy second- or third-year college French,a summer session and an M.A. program inFrench Cultural Studies is available.

Summer Language Program in Beijinghttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp/beijing

This program is a nine-week course of lan-guage study equivalent to two terms atColumbia. Columbia instructors, assistedby staff from universities in Beijing, teachall courses.

Summer Program in Scandiano, Italyhttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp/scandiano

The Summer Program in Scandiano, Italy,is designed for serious students who wish to learn the Italian language and culture as insiders. Students’ full integration intoItalian life enhances their studies in Italianlanguage, literature, and culture.

SPECIAL STUDENTS PROGRAM

Carol Slade, DirectorStudent Services CenterE-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp

The Special Students Program provides accessto regular Columbia University courses forthose not currently enrolled in a Columbiadegree program. Both credit-bearing andnoncredit courses are open to Special Stud-ents. Qualified students may choose frommore than 1,200 Arts and Sciences courses;they may also qualify for access to coursesin other divisions of the University.

Special Students include postgraduates,degree candidates at other institutions whoare visiting Columbia for a term or more,certain writing students, and certain excep-tional high school students.

Students in the school’s postbaccalaureateprograms enroll as Special Students. Theseprograms include the Business Careers Ini-tiative (BCI), the Postbaccalaureate Pro-gram in Classics, and the Second-MajorsProgram.

SUMMER SESSION

Carol Slade, DirectorStudent Services CenterE-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssp/summer

Undergraduate and graduate offerings fromthe Arts and Sciences and several offeringsfrom the professional schools are availableto summer students. All courses in theSummer Session provide academic creditand are comparable in quality and stan-dards to those given during the fall andspring terms. The Summer Session is

Reid Hall, Paris.

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specially designed to meet the needs ofColumbia students, with courses that fulfilldistribution requirements, courses thatcount towards students’ respective majors,and electives. Columbia University studentsneed only register for desired courses (a sep-arate application is not required, althoughapproval must be secured from regular aca-demic advisers).

Language Houses

CASA HISPÁNICA

612 West 116th Street, Mail Code 1301(212) 854-4187Fax: (212) 854-5322E-mail: [email protected]

Casa Hispánica is the home of Columbia’sDepartment of Spanish and Portuguese, thejournal Revista Hispánica Moderna, and theHispanic Institute, which was founded in1920 by Federico de Onís. Casa Hispánicahas a library of Peninsular and Latin Ame-rican literature, Hispanic and Portugueselinguistics, and research clippings and bibli-ographies on both Peninsular and LatinAmerican authors. In addition to a lectureseries, the department offers a weekly Café yConversación open to all members of theColumbia community.

DEUTSCHES HAUS

420 West 116th Street, Mail Code 2812 (212) 854-1858Fax: (212) 854-5381E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/german/dhaus.html

Deutsches Haus was established in 1911 toserve as a center for academic, cultural, andsocial exchange for the Columbia commu-nity and those interested in German languageand culture. In addition to a library, whichcontains a collection of German literature,Deutsches Haus subscribes to several majorGerman newspapers and periodicals. Thelibrary is open on weekday afternoons forbrowsing and study. A regular lecture pro-gram, supplemented by a film series, bringsspeakers from across the country andEurope. Other events and conferences arescheduled on an ad hoc basis. Those wish-ing to know more about Deutsches Hausevents may request to be added to the mail-ing list either by contacting the Haus onweekday afternoons or by e-mail.

ITALIAN ACADEMY FOR

ADVANCED STUDIES IN AMERICA

1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 1401, New York, NY 10027

(212) 854-2306Fax: (212) 854-8479E-mail: [email protected]://www.italynet.com/columbia

The Italian Academy for Advanced Studiesin America at Columbia University is aresearch institute established by the Re-public of Italy and Columbia University in 1991 and fully operational since 1996. The Academy engages scholars of the high-est caliber from around the world, who

undertake research, symposia, seminars,and publications on a wide range of sub-jects of Italian and general interest includ-ing the arts, history, social science, naturalscience, mathematics, and technology.

The Academy is housed in the newlyrenovated Casa Italiana, originally designedby the renowned architectural firm ofMcKim, Mead, and White as a seven-storyRenaissance palazzo and subsequently des-ignated a New York City landmark. Sixteenstudioli are available in the building forprominent Fellows in Residence and otherdistinguished visitors. The first AcademyFellow was the Italian author, historian,and literary critic Umberto Eco. He has

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been followed by many other notables,including Diego Gambetta and CarloGinzburg.

LA MAISON FRANÇAISE

Buell Hall, Mail Code 4990(212) 854-4482Fax: (212) 854-4803E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/french/maison

Founded in 1913, La Maison Française isthe oldest French cultural center establishedon an American campus. Known for its home-like atmosphere, La Maison Française, inaddition to housing a library that includesFrancophone literature, films, and currentperiodicals, also welcomes UniversityFrench classes to its spacious kitchen andprovides information to the Francophilecommunity at large. La Maison Françaisehosts annual colloquia and lectures byprominent figures in literature, art, politics,and business; a film series; art exhibitions;theater performances; and Café-Conver-sations, two weekly conversation hours. LaMaison Française is also the home of theCenter for French and FrancophoneStudies, established in 1997.

Affiliated Schools

BARNARD COLLEGE

Judith Shapiro, PresidentDorothy Denburg, Dean of the College105 Milbank Hall117th Street and Broadway(212) 854-2024Information: (212) 854-5262Fax: (212) 854-9470Admissions: (212) 854-2014Admissions e-mail:

[email protected]://www.barnard.columbia.edu

Since its founding in 1889, Barnard Col-lege has been affiliated with ColumbiaUniversity. Offering an undergraduate lib-eral arts education to women, the Collegeis governed by a self-perpetuating Board ofTrustees responsible for 269 faculty and fora full complement of administrative andsupport staff. The student body numbersapproximately 2,300 women who comefrom all parts of the United States andsome 40 foreign countries. Most Barnardcourses are open to all qualified students of

the University. Barnard students may enrollin most liberal arts University courses, provided that they meet the prerequisites.

Degree offered: Bachelor of Arts, con-ferred by Columbia University.

JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Dr. Ismar Schorsch, ChancellorRabbi Joseph Brodie, Vice President for

Student Affairs3080 BroadwayNew York, NY 10027(212) 678-8000Fax: (212) 678-8947http://www.jtsa.edu

The Jewish Theological Seminary ofAmerica is the academic and spiritual cen-ter of Conservative Judaism. In addition toits Graduate School, it is the home of theAlbert A. List College of Jewish Studies,which offers a joint program with theColumbia School of General Studies and adouble-degree program with BarnardCollege. The Graduate School conducts adual-degree program in Jewish communalservice with the Columbia School of SocialWork. Degrees offered: Bachelor of Arts,Master of Arts, Doctor of Hebrew Literature,and Ph.D. in Judaic Studies.

JUILLIARD SCHOOL

Joseph W. Polisi, PresidentKaren Wagner, Vice President for Academic

Affairs60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023(212) 799-5000Fax: (212) 724-0263http://www.juilliard.edu

The Juilliard School, as one of the foremostperforming arts schools in the world, worksto fulfill its mission of educating youngpeople who will represent the very higheststandards of excellence in disciplines suchas dance, drama, and music.

Eligible Barnard and Columbia studentshave the opportunity to pursue privatemusic lessons at Juilliard and must auditionat Juilliard during the regular audition peri-ods. Eligible Barnard and Columbia stu-dents also have the opportunity to enter theJuilliard Master of Music degree programduring their senior year at Barnard orColumbia. Successful completion of allrequirements for both institutions will leadto a joint degree: a Bachelor’s from Barnard

or Columbia and a Master of Music fromJuilliard. Degrees offered: Bachelor ofFine Arts, Bachelor of Music, Master ofMusic, and Doctor of Musical Arts.

TEACHERS COLLEGE

Arthur E. Levine, President Karen Zumwalt, Dean525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027 (212) 678-3050Fax: (212) 678-4048Admissions: (212) 678-3710http://www.tc.columbia.edu

Teachers College is a graduate school devotedto lifelong education both inside and out-side the classroom. Currently enrolling morethan 5,000 students, the College prepareswomen and men for careers of professionalservice in schools, colleges, hospitals, clin-ics, businesses, day care centers, communityagencies, government bureaus, and researchfacilities. Founded in 1887, Teachers Collegebecame affiliated with Columbia Universityin 1898, but it retains its legal and financialindependence through its own Board ofTrustees. The College is designated theGraduate Faculty of Education of the Uni-versity. Degrees offered: Master of Arts,Master of Science, Master of Education, Doc-tor of Education, Doctor of Education in theCollege Teaching of an Academic Subject,and Doctor of Philosophy.

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Rev. Mary E. McNamara, Interim President(212) 280-1402Karen Wood, Associate Dean for Student Life 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 (212) 280-1396Fax: (212) 280-1416Admissions: (212) 280-1317http://www.uts.columbia.edu

Union Theological Seminary is a graduateschool of Christian theology dedicated toeducating women and men for the min-istries of the Christian faith and the issuesit faces today. The faculty, many of whomare outstanding scholars of national andinternational renown, reflects diversebranches of the Christian faith. Degreesoffered: Master of Divinity, Master ofDivinity/Master of Science in Social Work,*Master of Arts, Master of Sacred Theology,Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts*/Doctorof Philosophy,* and Doctor of Education.* *In cooperation with Columbia University.

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Departments of AcademicInstruction

ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY630 West 168th Street(212) 305-3451

ANESTHESIOLOGY630 West 168th Street, P&S Box 46(212) 305-3117

ANTHROPOLOGY452 Schermerhorn Extension,

Mail Code 5523(212) 854-4552

APPLIED PHYSICS202 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4701General information: (212) 854-4457Academic affairs: (212) 854-4458

ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND

PRESERVATION(See Graduate School of Architecture,Planning, and Preservation, page 18)

ART HISTORY AND

ARCHAEOLOGY826 Schermerhorn, Mail Code 5517Graduate: (212) 854-4507Undergraduate: (212) 854-4505

THE ARTSFilm Division513 Dodge, Mail Code 1805

(212) 854-2815

Theatre Arts Division601 Dodge, Mail Code 1807

(212) 854-3408

Visual Arts Division310 Dodge, Mail Code 1806

(212) 854-4065

Writing Division415 Dodge, Mail Code 1804

Graduate: (212) 854-4391

Undergraduate: (212) 854-3774

ASTRONOMY1328 Pupin, Mail Code 5246(212) 854-3278

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR

BIOPHYSICSP&S Building 5-424 Box 36(212) 305-3882

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES600 Fairchild, Mail Code 2402(212) 854-4581

BUSINESS(See Graduate School of Business,pages 18–19)

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,MATERIALS SCIENCE, AND

MINING ENGINEERING812 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4721(212) 854-4453

CHEMISTRY344 Havemeyer Hall, Mail Code 3167(212) 854-2202

CIVIL ENGINEERING AND

ENGINEERING MECHANICS610 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4709(212) 854-3143

CLASSICS (GREEK AND LATIN)617 Hamilton, Mail Code 2861(212) 854-3902

COMPUTER SCIENCES1214 Amsterdam, Room 450,

Mail Code 0401(212) 939-7000

DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY(See School of Dental and Oral Surgery,page 22)

DERMATOLOGY161 Fort Washington Avenue, AP-14(212) 305-3847

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL

SCIENCES560 Schermerhorn Extension,

Mail Code 5505(212) 854-4525106 Geoscience Building Palisades, NY 10964(914) 365-8550

Graduate astronomy student Ari Buchalter (left) and David Helfand, professor of astronomy, use aconcave mirror to demonstrate the idea that objects further away may look larger. Their hands areabout five inches from the mirror’s surface. February 20, 1998.

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EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND

CULTURES407 Kent, Mail Code 3907(212) 854-5027

ECONOMICS1022 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3308(212) 854-3680

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING1312 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4712(212) 854-3105; (212) 854-3104

ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE

LITERATURE602 Philosophy Hall, Mail Code 4927Graduate: (212) 854-3215 Undergraduate: (212) 854-2465Composition: 310 Philosophy,

Mail Code 4995(212) 854-3886

FRENCH AND ROMANCE

PHILOLOGY521 Philosophy Hall, Mail Code 4902(212) 854-3208; (212) 854-2500

GASTROENTEROLOGYP&S Building 10-508(212) 305-8156

GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENT701 West 168th Street, Room 1602(212) 305-4011

GERMANIC LANGUAGES319 Hamilton, Mail Code 2812(212) 854-3202

HISTORY611 Fayerweather, Mail Code 2527Graduate: (212) 854-7001Undergraduate: (212) 854-2573

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND

OPERATIONS RESEARCH331 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4704(212) 854-2942

INTERNAL MEDICINE622 West 168th Street, PH 8 East,

Suite 105(212) 305-8811

ITALIAN502 Hamilton, Mail Code 2827(212) 854-2308

JOURNALISM(See Graduate School of Journalism, page 20)

LAW(See School of Law, pages 20–21)

MATHEMATICSGraduate: 509 Mathematics,

Mail Code 4406(212) 854-3950 Undergraduate: 410 Mathematics,

Mail Code 4426(212) 854-2432

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING220 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4703(212) 854-2965

MEDICAL INFORMATICS161 Fort Washington Avenue, Room 1310(212) 305-5780

MICROBIOLOGY701 West 168th Street, Hammer Building,

Room 1208(212) 305-3647

MIDDLE EAST AND ASIAN

LANGUAGES AND CULTURES602 Kent, Mail Code 3928(212) 854-2556; (212) 854-2560

MUSIC621 Dodge, Mail Code 1813(212) 854-3825

NEUROBIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR722 West 168th Street(212) 543-5202

NEUROLOGY710 West 168th Street, Room 1402(212) 305-1338

NEUROSURGERY710 West 168th Street, Room 204(212) 305-5543

NURSING(See School of Nursing, page 22)

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY622 West 168th Street, PH-16 East(212) 305-2373

OPHTHALMOLOGY635 West 165th Street(212) 305-2725

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY622 West 168th Street, PH 1131(212) 305-5974

OTOLARYNGOLOGY/HEAD AND

NECK SURGERY630 West 168th Street, Box 21(212) 305-5820

PATHOLOGY630 West 168th Street, PH-15W 1564(212) 305-7164

PEDIATRICS3959 Broadway(212) 305-8585

PHARMACOLOGY630 West 168th Street, PH 7W 318(212) 305-8778

PHILOSOPHY708 Philosophy, Mail Code 4971(212) 854-3196

PHYSICAL EDUCATION300 Level Physical Fitness Center,

Mail Code 1908General Information: (212) 854-2548336 Physical Fitness CenterPhysical Education: (212) 854-3439

PHYSICS704 Pupin, Mail Code 5255Undergraduate: (212) 854-3348 Graduate: (212) 854-3366

PHYSIOLOGY AND CELLULAR

BIOPHYSICS630 West 168th Street(212) 305-3546

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POLITICAL SCIENCEGraduate: 724 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3320(212) 854-3644; (212) 854-3646Undergraduate: 736 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3320(212) 854-3707

PSYCHIATRY722 West 168th Street(212) 543-5305

PSYCHOLOGY406 Schermerhorn, Mail Code 5501(212) 854-3608

PUBLIC HEALTH(See School of Public Health, page 24)

RADIATION ONCOLOGY622 West 168th Street(212) 305-2991

RADIOLOGY630 West 168th Street, 3-440(212) 305-1948

REHABILITATION MEDICINE630 West 168th Street(212) 305-4822(See also Programs in OccupationalTherapy and Physical Therapy, page 23)

RELIGION617 Kent Hall, Mail Code 3949(212) 854-3218

SLAVIC LANGUAGES708 Hamilton, Mail Code 2839(212) 854-3941

SOCIAL WORK(See School of Social Work, page 21)

SOCIOLOGY413 Fayerweather, Mail Code 2551 (212) 854-3686

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESEUndergraduate: 307 Casa Hispánica,

Mail Code 1301 Graduate: 202 Casa Hispánica,

Mail Code 1301(212) 854-4187

STATISTICS618 Mathematics, Mail Code 4403(212) 854-3652; (212) 854-3653

SURGERY622 West 168th Street, 14th Floor(212) 305-2939

UROLOGY161 Fort Washington Avenue(212) 305-0112

Institutes and Centers

The institutes and centers affiliated withthe University engage in specializedresearch (that is often interdisciplinary),instruction, and public service. They spon-sor programs and publications of interestto both the academic and nonacademiccommunities.

COLUMBIA EARTH INSTITUTE

Peter Eisenberger, Vice Provost(212) 854-4920http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu

The Earth Institute seeks to elucidate thecritical connections between physical, bio-logical, and human systems by creatingteams of researchers that span traditionalacademic boundaries. In particular, theInstitute applies increased knowledge of therelationships between these systems inorder to design new economic, policy, legal,and technological approaches that promotewise stewardship of our planet.

Biosphere 2 CenterOffice of Student AffairsBiosphere 2 CenterP.O. Box 689, 32540 S. Biosphere Road,

Oracle, AZ 85623(520) 896-5093; (800) 992-4603Fax: (520) 896-5034E-mail: [email protected]://www.bio2.edu

What will our environment be like 25, 50,and even 100 years from now? Findinganswers to that question is the job of scien-tists and students alike at Biosphere 2Center, the western component of Colum-bia’s Earth Institute. Located in the Arizonadesert, 30 miles north of Tucson and in thefoothills of the majestic Santa Catalina

Mountains, Biosphere 2 Center offers adynamic, versatile laboratory for the studyof Earth systems and planetary manage-ment.

Columbia sponsors four innovative pro-grams for undergraduates at Biosphere 2Center. The programs integrate science,society, and public policy to educate stu-dents from all disciplines about the impor-tance of planetary stewardship. Both intel-lectually and physically intensive, thesesmall programs use a caring, talented facul-ty, the famous Biosphere 2 research facility,and the southwest desert to full advantage.

The Earth Semester is a semester of studyorganized around the topic of globalchange that features team-taught courses,field trips throughout Arizona and Mexico,and independent research. Columbia stu-dents join other creative and curious stu-dents from around the world to gain ahands-on sense of stewardship for planetEarth. Columbia students can substitutethe 16 points earned through Earth Se-mester for the entire three-semester sciencerequirement or for other points withintheir major. The two Earth Systems FieldSchools are summer field programs focus-ing on both rock and wildlife landscapes aswell as modeling the impact of future cli-mate changes. Students spend either fouror six weeks exploring the Sonoran desertand the Biosphere 2 apparatus and earneither four or six Columbia points. TheIsland Conservation and Biogeography inthe Sea of Cortez course is a two-weekship-based field experience that investigatesconservation and biodiversity issues by uti-lizing islands as a heuristic model of envi-ronmental impacts on planet Earth. Stu-dents are awarded two Columbia pointsupon program completion.

Lamont-Doherty Earth ObservatoryJohn C. Mutter, Deputy Director and

Director of Research201 Geoscience Building, Palisades, NY 10964(914) 359-2900 Fax: (914) 359-2931http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu

The University’s Lamont-Doherty EarthObservatory (LDEO) is a world-renownedresearch center dedicated to understandingthe basic functioning of planet Earth andits application to the sustainability of life.Established in 1949 on a 150-acre estatedonated to Columbia by the family of

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financier Thomas W. Lamont, the Obser-vatory now has a staff of more than 500. Its200 scientists and graduate students studyall the Earth’s components—its deep interi-or, continents, oceans, ice cover, sea floor,groundwater, climate, and life forms—focusing on interactions between thesewithin the whole Earth system. Researchareas include seismology; geochemistry; cli-mate studies; marine geology; geophysics;terrestrial geology; petrology; atmosphericscience; and biological, physical, and chem-ical oceanography.

LDEO also operates the 239-foot global-ly ranging research vessel Maurice Ewingand seismic networks in many parts of theworld. LDEO is an active participant in theinternational Ocean Drilling Program andhouses the world’s largest collections ofdeep-sea sediment cores. It also maintainssome of the most comprehensive and acces-sible databases in seismology and marinegeosciences. It has fully equipped laboratoriesfor rock mechanics, paleomagnetics, high-pressure experiments, tree-ring analysis, anda wide range of isotropic geochemistry.

LDEO is a founding member of theUnited States’ two national earthquakeresearch consortia. Its scientists also collab-orate closely with researchers at two Colum-bia-affiliated institutions, the NASAGoddard Institute for Space Studies andthe American Museum of Natural History.LDEO is also affiliated with Biosphere 2Center, where its scientists are developingresearch programs to study the effect of ris-ing carbon dioxide levels on plant growth.Scientists are also advancing formal educa-tion programs that concentrate on thefuture of Earth systems as well as staffing ascience center dedicated to developinginformal learning programs for visitors tounderstand critical issues concerning thefuture sustainability of life on Earth.LDEO is also the host site for an Inter-national Research Institute (IRI) that fore-casts seasonal to interannual climate condi-tions a year into the future and aims toapply these to areas of the world where thesustained weather has the potential to affectlocal social and economic infrastructuresseriously. LDEO’s extensive resources,including its staff, instruments, facilities,and affiliations give scientists and studentsunique opportunities to study global envi-ronmental phenomena.

INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE

CENTER

Susan Stuart, Coordinator552 West 114th Street, Mail Code 5575(212) 854-7461Fax: (212) 854-3110E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/irc

Founded in 1989, the Intercultural Re-source Center (IRC) is a multipurpose cen-ter devoted to developing greater awarenessand appreciation of African-American,Asian-American, Latino, and Native Amer-ican contributions at Columbia University,as well as in the greater New York commu-nity. The Center provides a forum for com-munication, discussion, and understandingof educational, political, social, and culturalissues of concern for these communities. Itstands as a symbolic reference point foralumni and current students and representsthe University’s continuing commitment todiversity and to students of color. The pro-gramming of the IRC reaches beyond itswalls to educate and to engage the broaderUniversity community in issues of culturalpluralism and to encourage wider commu-nity participation. The Center fosters cul-tural enlightenment through campus-widedialogue, interaction, and exchange andensures, in coordination with other offices,that discussion of such complex issues takesplace through the University. In 1994, theIRC became formally associated with theInstitute for Research in African-AmericanStudies, strengthening its commitment topeople of color communities on campus.

NEVIS LABORATORIES

Michael Shaevitz, Director136 South BroadwayIrvington, NY 10533(914) 591-8100Fax: (914) 591-8120E-mail: [email protected] http://nevis1.columbia.edu

Nevis Laboratories compose the Uni-versity’s primary center for the study ofhigh-energy experimental particle andnuclear physics. Approximately 12 facultymembers, 14 postdoctoral research scien-tists, and 20 graduate students, supportedby a 20-member engineering and technicalstaff, engage in the preparation, design, andconstruction of high-energy particle and

nuclear experiments and equipment. Theseexperiments and equipment are transportedto major national accelerator laboratoriesfor data collection; the data resulting fromthese experiments are then processed andanalyzed using the extensive computer sys-tems at Nevis. Experiments are currentlytaking place at Fermilab in Chicago; DESY,in Hamburg, Germany; SLAC in Palo Alto,California; and Brookhaven National Labon Long Island.

Directory of Institutes andCenters

HEALTH SCIENCES

Center for Advanced Technology-High Performance Computing andCommunications in Healthcare Atchley Pavilion 1310 161 Fort Washington Avenue (212) 305-2944

Center for Applied Public Health 600 West 168th Street, 7th Floor(212) 305-3616

Center for Child and AdolescentHealth 617 West 168th Street, Room 202 (212) 305-3189

Center for Continuing Education inthe Health Sciences630 West 168th Street, Unit 39 (212) 781-5990

Center for Geriatrics andGerontology100 Haven Avenue(212) 781-0600

Center for Molecular Recognition 630 West 168th Street, P&S 11-401(212) 305-3973

Center for Neurobiology andBehavior722 West 168th Street, Kolb ResearchAnnex, Room 822(212) 543-5265

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Center for Population and FamilyHealth 60 Haven Avenue(212) 304-5200

Center for Radiological Research630 West 168th Street(212) 305-5660

Center for Reproduction Science 630 West 168th Street(212) 305-6337

Center for Retinal Research Harkness Eye Institute, 635 West 165th

Street, Box 76(212) 305-5688

Center for the Study of Societyand Medicine 630 West 168th Street(212) 305-4184

Center for Violence Research andPrevention 60 Haven Avenue, Level B4-432 (212) 305-7748

Center for Women’s Health 16 East 60th Street, Suite 330(212) 326-8540

Division of ReproductionEndocrinology161 Fort Washington Avenue, Suite 454(212) 305-4665

Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center(Neurodevelopmental Disorders) 630 West 168th Street, 19th Floor(212) 305-2515

Harlem Center for Health Promotionand Disease Prevention 506 Malcolm X Boulevard, NNR-524(212) 939-4150

Herbert Irving ComprehensiveCancer Center 622 West 168th Street(212) 305-9327

Herbert and Florence Irving Centerfor Clinical Research622 West 168th Street(212) 305-2071

HIV Center for Clinical andBehavioral Studies 722 West 168th Street,(212) 543-5971; (212) 543-5432

Howard Hughes Medical Institute 100 Haven Avenue Tower 3, Suite 4E(212) 781-0611

Institute of Cancer Research701 West 168th Street(212) 305-6900

Institute of Comparative Medicine650 West 168th Street, Black Building,

Room 1810(212) 305-3837

National Center for Childrenin Poverty 154 Haven Avenue, 3rd Floor(212) 304-7100

Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Centerfor Complementary and AlternativeMedicine601 West 168th Street, Suite 34-35(212) 543-9550

The Taub Center for the Study ofAlzheimer’s Disease630 West 168th Street, PH 15W,

Room 1564(212) 305-6553

HUMANITIES

Alfred duPont Center for BroadcastJournalism709 Journalism, Mail Code 3805 (212) 854-5047

Center for Law and the Arts8W18A Greene, Mail Code 4017 (212) 854-7424

Center for Studies inEthnomusicology 701 Dodge, Mail Code 1815(212) 854-1247

Center for U.S.–China Arts Exchange 423 West 118th Street, Suite 1E(212) 280-4648

Columbia Center for BuddhistStudies 623 Kent, Mail Code 3949(212) 854-6977

Columbia Headquarters for JapaneseArchitectural Studies and AdvancedResearch202 Buell, Mail Code 0386(212) 854-7148

Computer Music Center 324 Prentis, Mail Code 5002(212) 854-9266

The Fritz Reiner Center forContemporary Music 602 Dodge, Mail Code 1824(212) 854-1295

George T. Delacorte Center forMagazine JournalismGraduate School of Journalism 2950 Broadway, Mail Code 3820(212) 854-8009

The LeRoy Neiman Center forPrint Studies 310 Dodge, Mail Code 1806(212) 854-4065

Oscar Hammerstein II Center forTheatre Studies605 Dodge, Mail Code 1807(212) 854-3408

Research Center for Arts and Culture 305 Dodge, Mail Code 1809(212) 854-5869

Society of Fellows in the HumanitiesHeyman Center, East Campus,

Mail Code 5700(212) 854-4631

Temple Hoyne Buell Center for theStudy of American Architecture Buell, 3rd Floor, Mail Code 0362 (212) 854-8165

LEARNING CENTERS

The Learning Center603 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4106Morningside Campus(212) 854-4097

The University

The Student Learning CenterPresbyterian Hospital, 17th FloorHealth Sciences Campus(212) 305-7528

NATIONAL, REGIONAL,AND ETHNIC

Armenian Studies 500B Kent, Mail Code 3933(212) 854-7045

Camões Center for the Study of thePortuguese-Speaking World 828C International Affairs,

Mail Code 3339(212) 854-4672

Center for Chinese Legal Studies 6N2 Greene, Box A-11, Mail Code 4012 (212) 854-3655

Center for Iranian Studies 450 Riverside Drive, Mail Code 3946,

Apartment 4(212) 280-4366

Center for Israel and Jewish Studies 511 Fayerweather, Mail Code 2509 (212) 854-2581

Center for Japanese Legal Studies 8W16B Greene, Mail Code 4024,

Box A-24(212) 854-4274; (212) 854-5759

Center for the Study of Pakistan 1133 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3334(212) 854-8825

Center for Turkish Studies 616 Kent, Mail Code 3932(212) 854-4766; (212) 854-2556

Dharam Hinduja Indic ResearchCenter1102 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3367(212) 854-5300

Donald Keene Center of JapaneseCulture 507 Kent, Mail Code 3920(212) 854-5036

East Asian InstituteInternational Affairs, 9th Floor,

Mail Code 3333(212) 854-2592

Harriman Institute International Affairs, 12th Floor,

Mail Code 3345(212) 854-4623

Hispanic Institute of ColumbiaUniversity 307 Casa Hispánica, Mail Code 1301(212) 854-4187

Institute of African Studies 1103 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3331(212) 854-4633

Institute for Research in African-American Studies758 Schermerhorn Extension,

Mail Code 5512(212) 854-7080

Institute on East Central Europe 1227 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3336(212) 854-4627

Institute of Latin American andIberian StudiesInternational Affairs, 8th Floor,

Mail Code 3339(212) 854-4643

Institute for Medieval JapaneseStudies 406 Kent, Mail Code 3906(212) 854-7403

Institute on Western Europe 805A International Affairs,

Mail Code 3337(212) 854-4618

Middle East Institute 1111-1118 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3340(212) 854-2584

Southern Asian Institute 1128 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3334(212) 854-3616

SCIENCE AND BUSINESS

Center for Applied Probability601 Schapiro, Mail Code 8906 (212) 854-6096

Center for Biomedical Engineering 416 Schapiro Center, Mail Code 8904(212) 854-4460

Center for Chemical Research 344 Havemeyer, Mail Code 3167 (212) 854-2202

Center for Environmental Researchand Conservation Schermerhorn Extension, 10th Floor,

Mail Code 5557(212) 854-8186

Center for Research in InformationAccess 511 Butler, Mail Code 1103(212) 854-7443

Center for the Study of FuturesMarkets625 Uris, Mail Code 5968(212) 854-4202

Center for TelecommunicationsResearch 801 Schapiro Research Building,

Mail Code 4712 (212) 854-2498

Center on Japanese Economy andBusiness521 Uris, Mail Code 5968(212) 854-3976

Chemical Engineering ResearchCenter 201 Prentis, Mail Code 5001(212) 280-4163

Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) 809 Uris, Mail Code 9135 (212) 854-4222

Consortium for International EarthScience Information NetworkP.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9WPalisades, NY 10964-8000(914) 365-8950

The University

Earth Engineering Center 918 S. W. Mudd Building, Mail Code 4711(212) 854-2138; (212) 854-2905

Image Technology for New MediaCenter (ITNM)801 Schapiro Center, Mail Code 8912(212) 854-6887

Institute of Flight Structures 610 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4709 (212) 854-2396

Institute for Not-for-ProfitManagement 480 Armstrong Hall, Mail Code 5926,2880 Broadway, 4th Floor(212) 854-5549; (212) 854-4226

International Research Institutefor Climate PredictionP.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9WPalisades, NY 10964-8000(914) 365-8368

Jerome A. Chazen Institute ofInternational Business 212-214 Uris, Mail Code 9142 (212) 854-4750

Langmuir Center for Colloidsand Interfaces911 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code 4711(212) 854-2926Fax: (212) 854-8362

The Management Institute 709 Uris, Mail Code 9127(212) 854-4429

NASA Goddard Institute for SpaceStudies 2880 Broadway(212) 678-5500

Program on Information andResources405 Low Library(212) 854-7275

SOCIAL SCIENCE

The Barnard Center for Research on Women 101 Barnard Hall(212) 854-2067

Barnard-Columbia Center forUrban Policy 420 West 118th Street, 8th Floor,

Mail Code 3360(212) 854-2072

Center for Law and Economic Studies8E17 Greene, Mail Code 4087 (212) 854-3739

Center for Law, Science, andTechnology8W16B Greene, Box E-26,

Mail Code 4095(212) 854-8385

Center for New Media2950 Broadway, Mail Code 3894(212) 854-4985

Center for Preservation and Research(Buildings and Sites) 655-57 Schermerhorn Extension,

Mail Code 0366(212) 854-3973

Center for the Study of HumanRights1108 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3365(212) 854-2479

Center for the Study of SocialWork Practice609 McVickar, Mail Code 4600 (212) 854-7615

Eisenhower Center for theConservation of Human Resources475 Riverside Drive, Suite 248 (212) 280-2132

The Institute on Aging 805 McVickar, Mail Code 4600 (212) 854-7464

Institute on Education and theEconomy439 Thorndike Hall (Teachers College)(212) 678-3091

Institute for Learning Technologies525 West 120th Street, Box 144 (212) 678-4000

Institute for Research on Womenand Gender 763 Schermerhorn Extension,

Mail Code 5510(212) 854-3277

Institute of War and Peace Studies 1326 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3347(212) 854-4616

The Klingenstein Center forIndependent School Education 204 Main, Box 125 (212) 678-3156

Lazarsfeld Center for the SocialSciences 814 International Affairs, Mail Code 3355(212) 854-3081

Legislative Drafting Research Fund 5W10 Greene, Mail Code 4015(212) 854-7341

National Center on Addiction andSubstance Abuse152 West 57th Street, New York,

NY 10019(212) 841-5200

The Parker School of Foreign andComparative Law 5E9 Greene, Box D1(212) 854-4376

The Public Management TrainingCenter 1402 International Affairs,

Mail Code 3328(212) 854-2710

Revson Fellows Program on theFuture of the City of New York420 West 116th Street, #1A(212) 280-4023

Saul and Janice Poliak Center for theStudy of First Amendment IssuesGraduate School of Journalism 2950 Broadway, Mail Code 3801 (212) 854-4150

Women’s Resource Center630 West 168th Street, Box AA(212) 305-4507

The University

The Board of Trustees consists of 24 mem-bers including the President, who serves exofficio. Trustees’ powers and duties includethe direction of academic policy and theappointment of the President and faculty.They also determine the University’s

budget, supervise the endowment, act ascustodians of the University’s properties,and otherwise direct and control the man-agement of the University. Trustees meetfour times each year and do most of theirwork as members of 10 standing commit-

tees: the Executive Committee, theCommittees on Educational Policy and theState of the University, Buildings andGrounds, Development, Alumni Affairs,Finance, Legal Affairs, Community Affairs,Health Sciences, and Compensation. TheChair of the Trustees chairs the ExecutiveCommittee and is an ex officio member ofall standing committees.

The President of the University is thechief executive officer of the University.The President is assisted in performing hisduties by the Provost, the Executive VicePresidents, the Secretary, the GeneralCounsel, and the Deans of the various fac-ulties, all of whom are appointed by theTrustees on the nomination of the Presi-dent. The President presides over theUniversity Senate, is the chairperson ofevery faculty and administrative boardestablished by the Trustees, and serves asthe channel of communication between thefaculties and the Trustees. The Presidentalso administers discipline in accordancewith University statutes, nominates Deansand Directors of institutes, and confershonorary degrees and the University Medalfor Excellence on candidates recommendedby the faculties.

As the chief academic officer of theUniversity, the Provost is responsible fordeveloping, implementing, and periodicallyevaluating the University’s academic pro-grams and activities and for authorizingappointments for officers of instruction andresearch. The Provost also oversees the bud-get and financial planning of the facultiesand administrative boards, in coordinationwith the Executive Vice President for Fi-nance. The Provost’s approval is requiredfor all changes in the stated rules of the fac-ulties and administrative boards and forproposals for new academic programs. TheProvost also evaluates the annual reports ofthe Deans and Directors on their activitiesand presides at their meetings in the ab-sence of the President. In the event thePresident is disabled, resigns, retires, ordies, the Provost performs the duties andexercises the authority of the Presidentuntil the Trustees select a successor.

Administration

Columbia University is a private, nonsectarian institu-tion of higher education, and its official corporatename is The Trustees of Columbia University in theCity of New York. The University’s charter, the legaldocument under which the University operates, wasenacted in 1810 by the New York State Legislature andsubsequently amended on various occasions. The charterdefines the powers and responsibilities of the Trusteesand determines the manner in which they are chosen.

Prior to Commencement in May 1998, honorary degree candidates gathered in Butler Library for anofficial portrait. Seated, from left, Fritz Stern, Kofi Annan, President Rupp, Trustee Chairman StephenFriedman, Lauren Bacall, Rita Dove; standing, Rockard Delgadillo, Bruce Alberts, Maurice Sendak, andAmartya Sen.

The University

The Secretary of the University is respon-sible for maintaining the University’s cor-porate integrity and preserving its officialrecords, including the agendas and minutesof Trustees’ and standing committee meet-ings, the University’s charters and statutes,and the Trustees’ bylaws and rules of order.

The University SenateOffice406 Low Library, Mail Code 4334(212) 854-2023 Fax: (212) 854-6825E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate

The Senate is the University’s legislature,representing students and faculty from allColumbia schools and making policy onmatters affecting the whole University ormore than one school. The Statutes outlinebroad Senate powers, including the powerto amend the Statutes, to establish academic

programs, to consult in the selection ofpresidents, provosts, and 6 of the Univer-sity’s 24 Trustees, to investigate facultygrievances and publish its findings, and toreport on allegations of misconduct by offi-cers of administration and instruction.

Since it was founded, a year after thecampus upheavals of 1968, the Senate hasestablished and revised the University’scode of academic freedom and tenure(chapter 7 of the University Statutes), itsguidelines on externally funded research(chapter 50), and its rules of conduct gov-erning political demonstrations (chapter 51).

The Senate has 101 voting members, in-cluding 22 students, about 45 tenured and15 nontenured faculty, 9 senior administra-tors including the President and the Pro-vost, and representatives of the alumni andof the research, administrative, and librarystaffs. All members of the Columbia com-munity are welcome at the Senate’s month-ly plenary meetings during the academicyear. Most Senate business is conducted by

12 standing committees: an ExecutiveCommittee and committees on facultyaffairs, education, budget review, physicaldevelopment, student affairs, external rela-tions, rules of University conduct, alumnirelations, honors and prizes, libraries, andSenate structure and operations. Nonse-nators are eligible to serve on most committees.

Subject to the Trustees’ reserve power,Senate actions become final on passageunless Trustee concurrence is required, aswith certain Statutory amendments andmeasures involving changes in budgetaryappropriations, real estate holdings, or con-tractual obligations, or as required by law.In other cases the President may, before thenext regular Senate meeting, notify theSenate of the need for Trustee concurrence.If the Trustees do not concur with a Senateaction, they return it to the Senate with anexplanation of their decision.

Morningside Campus

OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Alan J. Stone, Vice President for Public AffairsVirgil Renzulli, Associate Vice President for

Public Affairs301 and 304 Low Memorial Library,

Mail Code 4321(212) 854-5573Fax: (212) 678-4817E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr

The Office of Public Affairs announcesnews and information about Columbia tothe public and media organizations, spon-sors press events, and promotes the publicimage of Columbia. Public Affairs alsooversees the Publications and AdvertisingOffice, Columbia Video and PhotographicServices, and the Visitors Center. Theoffices of Community Affairs andGovernment Relations are also part ofPublic Affairs.

Public Affairs receives thousands of callseach year from reporters worldwide whoseek faculty experts on current events orinformation about scientific discoveries andnew research at Columbia. The ColumbiaUniversity Media Guide, compiled andpublished by Public Affairs, has been circu-lated to hundreds of press organizations.

Columbia University RecordAmy Callahan, Managing Editor(212) 854-3283http://www.columbia.edu/cu/new/

The Office of Public Affairs also publishesthe Columbia University Record, the Univer-sity’s weekly newspaper. Each week, 16,000copies of the Record—including the “Calen-dar” of campus events—are distributed tostaff, faculty, students, alumni, and mediaprofessionals. The newspaper may be foundat newsstands around campus or is availableby subscription. The Record may also be foundonline by clicking the Recent News at Co-lumbia link on the University’s home page.

Resources for Information

What’s Blue and White

and Read All Over?

The readership of the Columbia

University Record spans the globe. Each

issue of the Record is sent to

Columbians in 47 states in the United

States and every continent but

Antarctica.

The University

SECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSITY

R. Keith Walton, Secretary of the UniversityDiAnn K. Pierce, Assistant Secretary of the

University Lorenzo D. Wyatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary

of the University211 Low Memorial Library, Mail Code 4324(212) 854-5017Fax: (212) 222-1017http://www.columbia.edu/cu/secretary

The Secretary of the University serves as aliaison between the senior administrationand the Trustees. Also, the Secretary pre-pares the agenda for Trustees’ meetings,whose minutes he records and maintains.

The Office of the Secretary maintains theUniversity Charters and Statutes as well asthe By-Laws and Rules of Order of theTrustees. The Secretary issues formal lettersof appointment to University faculty uponthe approval of the Provost. The Office pre-pares Blue Seal Letters so that Universityfaculty receive appropriate courtesy forobservation and study while traveling. TheSecretary of the University grants copyrightprivileges and authorizes the use of severalversions of the King’s Crown and theUniversity Shield to Columbia students,divisions, and affiliates.

UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND

COLUMBIANA LIBRARY

Rhea E. Pliakas, DirectorHollee Haswell, Curator, Columbiana CollectionDavid Hill, Assistant Director, University

Archives210 Low Memorial Library, Mail Code 4316(212) 854-3786Fax: (212) 222-1017Monday–Friday 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/columbiana

The University Archives and ColumbianaLibrary is dedicated to collecting, preserv-ing, and making available for research therecords related to Columbia’s history. Thestaff informs the Columbia community andthe public about and promotes the use ofholdings. Staff also assists researchers withwritten, telephone, or e-mail requests andschedules appointments with individualresearchers.

University ArchivesThe Archives collects the University’s instit-tional records from University governingbodies, as well as from administrative

offices, schools, academic departments, andinstitutes located on the Morningside campus.Among the many types of records collectedby the Archives are correspondence, min-utes, reports, bylaws, and curricular materials.

The bulk of the Archives’ collections datefrom the 1890s to the 1970s. Archivalholdings document a wide range of topicsconcerning Columbia’s history, as well asthe history of higher education, the metro-politan community, and the nation.Among the myriad subjects elucidated by the Archives’ collections are: the evolu-tion of University governance and adminis-tration; the history of individual schools;the history of academic departments; thedevelopment of professions; the develop-ment of academic disciplines; curriculumdevelopment, including the formation ofColumbia’s Core Curriculum; the careers of individual faculty members and offi-cers; the design and construction of theMorningside campus; and the University’srelationship with city, state, and federalgovernments.

Columbiana LibraryThe Columbiana Library contains bio-graphical information about students, fac-ulty, and alumni as well as books, ephe-mera, memorabilia, and photographs docu-menting the history of the College. Thishistory begins before the University’sfounding by Royal Charter of King GeorgeII of Great Britain in 1754, and proceedsto the present. Columbiana also includesthe King’s College Room, which containsmany objects from the early years, such asportraits of President Samuel Johnson andKing George III and the remnants of theoriginal library of King’s College.

VISITORS CENTER

Donna Badrig, Director213 Low Library, Mail Code 4318(212) 854-4900Fax: (212) 854-4925Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Located on the west side of the foyer at themain entrance of Low Library, the VisitorsCenter offers information and campustours to prospective undergraduates ofColumbia College, the Fu FoundationSchool of Engineering and Applied Science,and to the public. General tours of the

Morningside campus are offered daily inEnglish. Tours in various other languagesmay be scheduled upon request. Telephone(212) 854-4900 for tour times and tours inother languages.

Health Sciences Campus

OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

William A. Polf, Ph.D., Deputy Vice President for External Relations and Strategic Programs

630 West 168th Street, P&S Box 62 New York, NY 10032(212) 305-7131Fax: (212) 305-4521http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/extrel

The Office of External Relations in theHealth Sciences Division of ColumbiaUniversity provides information about pro-grams and individuals and responds tomedia and general information inquiries.Increasing the visibility and effectiveness ofprograms, achievements, and notableresearch endeavors of the Health Sciences isfacilitated through publications and mar-keting programs and through public,media, community, and government rela-tions, all of which fall under the umbrellaof External Relations.

The public and media relations staff ofExternal Relations works closely with newsand science media by issuing press releases,coordinating interviews and television filmcrews, and keeping news media informedof achievements by faculty and students.Through its Community Affairs extension,External Relations establishes working rela-tionships and maintains communicationswith community organizations, groups,schools, and elected officials at all levels ofgovernment. The Office’s marketing andpromotions component directs special mar-keting initiatives and interfaces with mar-keting programs of affiliated organizations.

The publications staff of ExternalRelations publishes several internal andexternal magazines and newsletters. TheP&S Journal is the magazine of the Collegeof Physicians and Surgeons. BiomedicalFrontiers reports on advances in science andtechnology at the Health Sciences Division.21stC, a University-wide publication, is aninterdisciplinary research publication focus-ing on the modern research university as asource of ideas and discoveries that helpshape the contemporary world. The HealthSciences Reporter is a newsletter published

The University

for faculty and staff. External Relations alsopublishes a weekly calendar of lectures andevents. Other publications include the P&S Annual Report, Audubon Update,The Faculty of Medicine Bulletin, and TheCPMC/Community Connection: A Guide toCommunity Programs at CPMC.

Publications

COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR

2875 Broadway, 3rd FloorAdvertising: (212) 854-9558Advertising fax: (212) 854-9553Classified/Business Office: (212) 854-9550Editorial: (212) 854-9555Editorial fax: (212) 854-9611E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/spectator

Founded in 1877, the Columbia DailySpectator is the only daily newspaper servingmore than 44,000 students, faculty, and admin-istrators of Columbia University. It is alsothe only New York daily that regularly andthoroughly covers news and the arts on Mor-ningside Heights and the Upper West Side.

The Spectator, entering its thirty-fourthyear as a publication independent ofUniversity funding, is completely written,edited, and published by a staff of dedicat-ed Columbia and Barnard students. Everyday, arts reviews, sports coverage, opinionpieces, provocative editorials, and a widerange of news issues reach the campus com-munity through the Spectator.

The Spectator Publishing Company, Inc.is the parent company of the ColumbiaDaily Spectator. The company, managed bythe editor-in-chief, managing editor, andpublisher, is accountable to a Board ofDirectors composed of Spectator alumni.

COLUMBIA MAGAZINE

Patrick Queen, Acting EditorUniversity Development and Alumni Relations964 Interchurch, 475 Riverside Drive,

Mail Code 7721 New York, NY 10115(212) 870-2444Fax: (212) 870-3331E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/udar/magazine

Columbia Magazine is the only Universitypublication sent to all known Columbiaalumni—more than 175,000 in all. The mag-

azine includes feature articles, profiles, researchreports, sports news, and book reviews andis distributed to faculty, senior staff, under-graduates, and friends of the University.

COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS

ASSOCIATION

Edmund J. Sullivan, DirectorMail Code 5711(212) 854-9400Fax: (212) 854-9401E-mail: [email protected]://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa

The Columbia Scholastic Press Associationis a national press association for highschool and college newspapers, yearbooks,and magazines. Founded in 1925, theAssociation is owned and operated byColumbia University but is supported byfees-for-services by participating memberschools and colleges throughout NorthAmerica. CSPA educates student journaliststhrough its three major services:

First, CSPA recognizes and promotesexcellence in the work of student journal-ists, providing 2,000 written evaluations ofstudent media and judging more than10,000 individual student entries in itsannual national competitions. A nationalnetwork of 250 faculty in colleges and lead-ing secondary schools conduct these evalua-tions.

Secondly, the Association plans and con-ducts four annual media conventions andworkshops, where student publicationadvisers and media professionals share theirexperience with more than 5,000 studentsand educators.

Finally, CSPA acts as a small press pub-lisher of a quarterly magazine, SPR(Student Press Review), with a national cir-culation of 3,000; the Association also editsand produces other publications, includingbooks and monographs.

Other Publications of Note

Asian Journal—Compilation of student-submitted essays, poetry, and other artisticworks involving Asian society and culture.

The Bottom Line—Newspaper of the stu-dents of the Columbia Business School.

The Bronx Beat—Newspaper written bystudents of the Graduate School ofJournalism, covering the Bronx and pub-lished during the spring term.

The Columbia Standard—A nonpartisan,nondenominational Christian newspaper.

Columbian—Undergraduate yearbook.

Communiqué—Bimonthly newspaper ofstudents of the School of International andPublic Affairs.

Conference: A Journal of Philosophy andTheory—Biannual publication of the NewYork Consortium of Graduate Schools.

East Asian Review—Review of contempo-rary political, social, and economic issues ofAsian cultures.

The Federalist Paper—A newspaper in thetradition of Columbians Hamilton and Jay.

‘Iggrot ha’Ari—The Lion’s Letters—Student journal of Jewish scholarship.

Journal of International Affairs—Biannualforeign affairs periodical of students of theSchool of International and Public Affairs.

The Moment—Columbia’s science and engi-neering newspaper.

The Observer—Journal of students of theSchool of General Studies.

Perspectives—Magazine of Columbia’sJewish community.

Precis—Student publication of the GraduateSchool of Architecture, Planning, andPreservation (GSAPP).

Sangam—Columbia’s South Asian journal.

Sister—Columbia’s feminist magazine.

Slant—Magazine of students of the Schoolof International and Public Affairs.

Documents

facets - Columbia University · FACETS represents a concerted effort by hundreds of Columbia University employees. Every contribution to this publication is valu-able—from writing