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Line 1: − {{University − |name=Columbia University − |image=Columbiashield.png − |text=rgb(78,167,225) − |background= − |type=Private − |city=[[New York, New York]] − |sports=archery, baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, heavyweight rowing, lightweight rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling<ref>http://www.gocolumbialions.com</ref> − |colors=light blue, white − |degrees=Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral<ref>{{cite web|work=College Board|format=HTML|language=English|accessdate=May 28, 2010|title=College Search - Columbia University - At a Glance|url=http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3853}}</ref> − |mascot=Lions − |website=http://www.columbia.edu/ − }} − '''Columbia University''' is the oldest and most prestigious university in [[New York City]], in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood, adjacent to [[Harlem]]. More [[Nobel Prize]] laureates graduated from Columbia University than any other university in the [[United States]], and it is the seventh largest private employer in New York City.<ref>http://neighbors.columbia.edu/pages/manplanning/jobs_economics/index.html</ref> It is a member of the [[Ivy League]], and began admitting women in 1983.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,955006-1,00.html</ref> Columbia University accepts applications from [[homeschooled]] students if they have four [[SAT II]] subject exam scores. − == History == − Columbia University is the fifth oldest college in the nation, founded under the name "King's College" in 1754 under a royal charter by [[King George II]] of [[England]]. Its original religious affiliation was [[Anglican]]. Samuel Johnson held the first classes in a new schoolhouse next to Trinity Church in downtown [[Manhattan]]. Columbia's early students and trustees included future [[Chief Justice]] [[John Jay]], future [[Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Alexander Hamilton]], future drafter of the [[U.S. Constitution]][[Gouverneur Morris]], and future co-author of the [[Declaration of Independence]] [[Robert R. Livingston]]. − − == Programs == − Columbia has a law school, a medical school, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. − − == Campuses == − [[Image:Columbia Univ.jpg|200x|right|thumb|Columbia University]] − Columbia has a large campus in Morningside Heights in northern Manhattan. It also owns Nevis Laboratories in Irvington, [[New York]] to study high-energy experimental particle and nuclear physics. That 60-acre estate was once owned by Alexander Hamilton's son. In addition, Columbia owns the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York, which allows study of global climate change, earthquakes, volcanoes, and environmental issues. − − == Controversy == − Columbia came under fire from conservatives and free speech activists when [[Minutemen Project]] founder [[Jim Gilchrist]] and Minuteman Marvin Stewart were attacked by a crowd of student protesters while attempting to give a speech at the school, forcing them to abandon their speech. <ref>http://www.nysun.com/article/41020?page_no=2</ref> "They have no right to speak here", said one student. − − [[Iranian]] president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], who had called for the destruction of the nation of [[Israel]] and called for the execution of homosexuals, was luckier than Gilchrist and Stewart. He was allowed to speak at Columbia on September 26, 2007.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/26/ahmadinejad.columbia/index.html</ref> − − == References == − − <references/> − − == External Links == − − *[http://www.columbia.edu Official Website] − − {{Nb_US_universities|New York}} − [[Category:United States Universities]]
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