Columbia University

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ContentS : History of the University University’s outposts and affiliations Student’s Life Traditions Sport Life University’s Photos

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Columbia University is an independent, privately supported, nonsectarian institution of higher education. Morningside Heights

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Universities researches and awards: Columbia was the first North American site where the uranium atom was split. It was the birthplace of FM radio and the laser. The MPEG-2 algorithm of transmitting high quality audio and video over limited bandwidth was developed here. A Columbia professor of electrical engineering. Biologist Martin Chalfie was the first to introduce the use of Green Fluorescent Protein ( GFP ) in labeling cells in intact organisms. Other inventions and products related to Columbia include Sequential Lateral Solidification (SLS) technology for making LCDs, System Management Arts (SMARTS), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (which is used for audio, video, chat, instant messaging and whiteboarding ), pharmacopeia, Macromodel (software for computational chemistry), a new and better recipe for glass concrete, Blue LEDs, and Beamprop (used in photonics). Columbia scientists have been credited with about 175 new inventions in the health sciences each year. More than 30 pharmaceutical products based on discoveries and inventions made at Columbia are on the market today. These include Remicade (for arthritis), Reopro (for blood clot complications), Xalatan (for glaucoma), Benefix , Latanoprost ( a glaucoma treatment), shoulder prosthesis, homocysteine ( testing for cardiovascular disease), and Zolinza ( for cancer therapy). Columbia Technology Ventures , as of 2008, manages some 600 patents and more than 250 active license agreements. Patent-related deals earned Columbia more than $230 million in the 2006 fiscal year, according to the university, more than any university in the world.

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Columbia University is a private, Ivy League, research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City . It was established in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain and is the oldest college in New York State as well as the fifth chartered institution of higher learning in the country, making Columbia one of nine colonial colleges founded before the Declaration of Independence

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After the revolutionary war, King's College briefly became a state entity, and was renamed Columbia College in 1784. A 1787 charter placed the institution under a private board of trustees before it was renamed Columbia University in 1896 when the campus was moved from Madison Avenue to its current location in Morningside Heights occupying land of 32 acres (13 ha)

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Columbia is one of the fourteen founding members of the Association of American Universities, and was the first school in the United States to grant the M.D. degree.

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Access to Columbia is enhanced by the 116th Street – Columbia University subway station ( 1 trains) on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line .

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The university is organized into twenty schools, including Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of General Studies. The university also has global research outposts in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Asuncion and Nairobi

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It has affiliations with several other institutions nearby, including Teachers College, Barnard College, and Union Theological Seminary, with joint undergraduate programs available through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Sciences Po Paris, and the Juilliard School. Union Theological Seminary

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Columbia annually administers the Pulitzer Prize . Notable alumni and former students (including those from King's College) include five Founding Fathers of the United States; nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court ; 20 living billionaires ; 29 Academy Award winners ; and 29 heads of state, including three United States Presidents . Additionally, some 100 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Columbia as students, faculty, or staff. Pupin Hall , the physics building, showing the rooftop observatory

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Pupin Hall (right), Union Theological Seminary (center)Riverside Church (left)

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Student’s Life In fall 2014, Columbia University's student population was 29,870 (8,559 students in undergraduate programs and 21,311 in postgraduate programs), with 39% of the student population identifying themselves as a minority and 28% born outside of the United States. Twenty-six % of students at Columbia have family incomes below $60,000, making it one of the most socioeconomically diverse top-tier colleges. Sixteen % of students at Columbia receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000. Fifteen % of students are the first member of their family to attend a four-year college.

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Under g raduate Post g raduate Asian/Pacific Islander 17.1% 10.9% Black 7.2% 4.1% Hispanic 12.8% 5.7% American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.5% 0.1% Two or more races 4.7% 1.7% White 38.1% 32.6% Non-resident Aliens 13.4% 34.3% Unknown 6.2% 10.5% Demographics of student body

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Campus Columbia's main campus occupies more than six city blocks, or 32 acres (13 ha), in Morningside Heights, New York City, a neighborhood that contains a number of academic institutions. The university owns over 7,800 apartments in Morningside Heights, housing faculty, graduate students, and staff. Almost two dozen undergraduate dormitories (purpose-built or converted) are located on campus or in Morningside Heights. Columbia University has an extensive underground tunnel system more than a century old, with the oldest portions predating the present campus. Some of these remain accessible to the public, while others have been cordoned off .

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Panoramic view of the Morningside Heights campus as seen from Butler Library and facing Low Memorial Library

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The Varsity Show The Varsity Show is an annual musical written by and for students and was established in 1894, making it one of Columbia's oldest traditions. Past writers and directors have included Columbians Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Lorenz Hart, I.A.L. Diamond, and Herman Wouk. The show has one of the largest operating budgets of all university events School of Arts

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Tree-Lighting and Yule Log ceremonies The campus Tree-Lighting Ceremony was inaugurated in 1998. It celebrates the illumination of the medium-sized trees lining College Walk in front of Kent and Hamilton Halls on the east end and Dodge and Journalism Halls on the west, just before finals week in early December. The lights remain on until February 28. Students meet at the sun-dial for free hot chocolate, performances by a cappella groups, and speeches by the university president and a guest.

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The Columbia University Lions are the collective athletic teams and their members from Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City, United States. The current director of athletics is Peter Pilling . Columbia University was founded in 1754 and currently fields 31 co-ed, men’s, and women’s teams. Women's teams are cooperatively organized with the affiliated Barnard College . All Columbia teams compete at the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The school's football team competes at the NCAA Division I FCS level.

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Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

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It is believed that the school adopted the nickname "Lions" as a reference to the institution's royal past. The University was originally named King's College since its charter in 1754 by King George II of England. The lion is the animal depicted on the English coat of arms. Only after the American Revolution was King's finally renamed Columbia University.

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World Leaders Forum at Low Memorial Library Established in 2003 by university president Lee C. Bollinger, the World Leaders Forum at Columbia University provides the opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students alike to listen to world leaders in government, religion, industry, finance, and academia. Even for individuals who do not have the privilege to attend the event live, they can watch the forum via online videos on Columbia University's website . Past forum speakers include former President of the United States Bill Clinton, Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin, former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, and many others. World Leaders Forum

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Columbia is home to two pioneers in undergraduate campus radio broadcasting,. The station went operational on July 18, 1939, from a 400-foot antenna tower in Alpine, The station has its studios on the second floor of Alfred Lerner Hall on the Morningside campus with its main transmitter tower at 4 Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. Columbia Television (CTV) is the nation's second oldest Student television station and home of CTV News, a weekly live news program produced by undergraduate students. Broadcasting Earl Hall

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Columbia University is home to a rich diversity of undergraduate, graduate, and professional publications. The Columbia Daily Spectator is the nation's second-oldest student newspaper; and The Blue and White, a monthly literary magazine established in 1890. Inside New York is an annual guidebook to New York City, written, edited, and published by Columbia undergraduates. Through a distribution agreement with Columbia University Press, the book is sold at major retailers and independent bookstores. Publications

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Photos of Columbia University

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Library

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St . Paul's Chapel Dodge Hall

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The Thinker (Le Penseur) at Columbia University

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Список использованных источников: http:// www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/special/cuglance.html [ Колумбийский университет в цифрах, электронный ресурс ] http:// www.columbia.edu/content/history.html [ Краткая история К олумбии, электронный ресурс ] http:// www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476 [ Ассоциация Американских университетов, электронный ресурс ] http:// undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/collections/studentlife/residential-life [ Студенческая жизнь, электронный ресурс ] http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/1968/# notes [ Колумбийский университет, электронный ресурс ] https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University [ Электронная энциклопедия «Википедия», электронный ресурс ]

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Practical part: do you know about the University of Columbia?

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