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Supreme Court to revisit landmark affirmative action decision

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case concerning affirmative action at universities, putting the landmark 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger at risk of being overturned.

Linda Bell named Barnard provost

Facebook gives grad student full one-year scholarship

Construction firms looking for summer work in M'ville

Business owners get advice on finding loans

Dirks talks academia, spies at University Lecture

Council member Brewer to run for borough president

Econ department makes course evaluations public

Admins denounce police monitoring of Muslim students

University President Lee Bollinger and Barnard President Debora Spar both expressed opposition Tuesday to the NYPD’s reported monitoring of Muslim students.

Former gang members work to stop gun violence among youth

Former gang members working with Operation S.N.U.G., headquartered in north Harlem, work to get guns out of the hands of young people early.

Xerox CEO to speak at SEAS Class Day

Ursula Burns, SEAS '82, started as a summer intern at Xerox before rising through the ranks to become the first African-American woman to run a Fortune 500 company.

BC students discuss LGBTQ issues at Q Club forum

The annual event was attended by over 60 students, staff members, professors, and administrators, including Barnard President Debora Spar and Barnard Dean Avis Hinkson.

Common App to be revamped by 2013

The Common Application is expecting a growth of double or triple the traffic by the end of the decade.

STUDENT LIFE »

Admins denounce police monitoring of Muslim students

University President Lee Bollinger and Barnard President Debora Spar both expressed opposition Tuesday to the NYPD’s reported monitoring of Muslim students.

Common App to be revamped by 2013

BC students discuss LGBTQ issues at Q Club forum

Xerox CEO to speak at SEAS Class Day

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS »

St. John releases plans for residential development

At a community forum on Tuesday night, about 50 people debated the cathedral's proposed residential development.

Council member Brewer to run for borough president

Residents to allocate $1M to local projects

Koronet manager disputes health inspection rating

ACADEMICS »

Facebook gives grad student full one-year scholarship

Facebook announced last week that Jeremy Andrus, a Ph.D. student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is one of 12 winners of the 2012-13 Facebook Fellowship.

Dirks talks academia, spies at University Lecture

Econ department makes course evaluations public

CUMC study: acquired traits can be inherited without DNA

WEST HARLEM »

Construction firms looking for summer work in M'ville

Construction firms met with Columbia administrators and local government representatives, in an event that gave firms the chance to pursue the possibility of working in Manhattanville this summer.

Business owners get advice on finding loans

Former gang members work to stop gun violence among youth

Technology incubators heading to Harlem

ADMINISTRATION »

Supreme Court to revisit landmark affirmative action decision

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case concerning affirmative action at universities, putting the landmark 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger at risk of being overturned.

Linda Bell named Barnard provost

Coatsworth appointed permanent provost

Med center campus to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2025