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AROUND THE QUADS
Campus News
LIBRARIES: Columbia University libraries recently
launched the Libraries Alumni and Friends Gateway (www.alumni.libraries.
columbia.edu), an interactive website featuring electronic resources,
such as searchable databases, developed specifically for alumni
and friends of the Columbia Libraries.
Alumni can search the libraries’ collections on Columbia Libraries
Online Catalog (CLIO), as well as the digital library collections,
including the Papers of John Jay and the Digital Scriptorium.
The program also features a variety of research tools, such as the
ProQuest Research Library and ProQuest Newspapers databases, which
provide access to thousands of full-text magazines, journals and
national and regional newspapers, and the ABI/Inform Global and
American Medical Association collections, which offer numerous business
journals and medical publications.
LIBRARIES, ADD: “Jewels in Her Crown,”
an exhibit in honor of Columbia’s 250th anniversary, opened
October 8 in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library in Butler Library.
The exhibit showcases 250 treasures from the special collections
libraries of Columbia, including Avery Art and Architecture, Barnard,
the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, the Health Sciences
Library, the Law and Music Libraries, the Starr East Asian Library
and more.
A printed catalogue accompanies the exhibit; the web version (www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/treasures)
includes images of all items. The exhibit is open Mondays, noon–7:45
p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m.–4:45 p.m. during
the school term, through January 28.
RANKINGS: Columbia was rated the eighth best college
in the country for African-Americans and tops among Ivy schools,
according to a survey in Black Enterprise magazine that
was based on responses from 1,855 African-American higher education
officials.
A study conducted in 2003 by the Institute of International Education
ranked Columbia as the third-leading host campus for international
students. And a study conducted by Professor Simon Hix of the London
School of Economics and Political Science ranked Columbia’s
political science department No. 1 in the world based on the number
of articles published in the 36 most influential political science
journals during the past five years.
ALICE TURNS 10: Go Ask Alice!, the innovative online
health Q&A service produced by the University’s Health
Education Program, celebrated its 10th anniversary at an October
7 luncheon
on College Walk. The website (www.goaskalice.columbia.edu)
provides users with credible, accessible health and well-being information.
It notes, “While the Q&As are chosen, researched and written
with CU readers in mind, the site has an audience that runs the
gamut of age, ethnicity, nationality and political persuasion.”
In its 10 years, “Alice” has answered nearly 3,000 questions
about relationships; sexuality; sexual health; emotional health;
fitness; nutrition; alcohol, nicotine and other drugs; and general
health. The site is supported by a team of CU health educators,
health care providers and other health professionals, along with
information and research specialists from health-related organizations
worldwide, and is available to the public.
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