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AROUND THE QUADS

CAMPUS BULLETINS

BROTHER ACT

Yale’s James Jones got the best of Columbia’s Joe Jones in the first brother matchup of Division I head basketball coaches since 1957 when the Bulldogs beat the Lions 63–58 in New Haven on February 7. Yale outscored Columbia 9–2 at the end to win a game that drew national media coverage from Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, USA Today and ESPN.com. Columbia was hopeful of exacting revenge in the rematch at Levien Gym on March 6, the season finale.

ETHNIC STUDIES

The Committee on Instruction, after several years of consideration, approved on February 4 the creation of a major in comparative ethnic studies. The major will consist of 45 credits, 33 for the comparative aspect of the major and 12 for a specific discipline within the current ethnic studies program, and students who have completed these requirements could graduate with a major in comparative ethnic studies as early as May. The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, under the leadership of professor of international and public affairs Gary Y. Okihiro, oversees ethnic studies courses at the College.

WEBSITE

Columbia has launched a website updating the University’s campus planning efforts with regard to Manhattanville. The site provides information about the University’s need for additional academic space, the proposed development of Manhattanville and the ongoing collaborative process with elected officials, community leaders and groups, as well as faculty and student groups.

GLOBAL

President Lee C. Bollinger traveled to Ghana and Switzerland in January, continuing his effort to raise the University’s global stature and addressing contemporary issues of globalization and international development through academia. Bollinger visited Ghana January 7–13 to explore ways to enhance collaborative efforts already under way in the region. The trip followed a visit by Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor to the University in September during the United Nations General Assembly. Bollinger attended the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21–25, co-moderating a panel about the future of cities and participating in two other discussions.

MEDICAL CENTER

The College of Physicians and Surgeons, the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, the School of Nursing and the Mailman School of Public Heath now make up the Columbia University Medical Center. The renaming is part of an effort to join the health sciences schools and unify the Medical Center campus with the core campus on Morningside Heights.

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