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Sandy Koufax – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher. Stephen Kovacs (1972–2022) - saber fencer and fencing coach, charged with sexual assault, died in prison. Shaul Ladany (Ph.D. 1968) – world-record-holding Israeli racewalker; Bergen-Belsen survivor; Munich Massacre survivor; Professor of Industrial Engineering.
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, [7] is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan , it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States .
The Varsity Show is an annual full-length musical written by and for students, and is one of Columbia's oldest traditions. The content of Varsity Shows often satirize many aspects of life at Columbia, including admissions, the Core Curriculum, the university's history, and the administration. Founded in 1894 as a fundraiser for Columbia's ...
Columbia University is rethinking its commencement plans after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests ended with authorities forcing their way into a barricaded school building and arresting dozens of ...
Barnard College, officially titled as Barnard College, Columbia University, is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia University's trustees to create an affiliated college named after Columbia's then-recently deceased 10th president ...
Columbia University finds itself at a similar crossroads as the Class of 1968 after canceling the upcoming university-wide graduation ceremony in response to student protests over Israel’s War ...
Columbia's announcement Monday that it was canceling next week's universitywide commencement ceremony in favor of small-scale celebrations was met with disappointment from seniors and their ...
The 1786 commencement was the university's first commencement after its re-founding as Columbia College following the American Revolution, and was held on April 11 of that year in St. Paul's Chapel. After nearly a decade of suspended operations on account of the war, the event was regarded as "a most auspicious one in the annals of New York."