Publication: Columbia University

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Merit E. Janow Appointed Dean of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs

Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger has appointed Merit E. Janow as the next dean of the University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), effective July 1.Janow is a leading expert in international trade and investment with extensive ... [Published Columbia University - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Merit Janow, School of International and Public Affairs, Col..., Columbia Law School, International Trade

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bollinger

Class of 2013: Graduates With a Story to Tell

They’ve written final papers and taken final exams. The Ph.D. students have defended their dissertations. Now they’re waiting to hear President Lee C. Bollinger proclaim that they have been “admitted to the degree for which you have qualified” at University ... [Published Columbia University - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bollinger, Terence Cooke, Doctor of Philosophy, Terrence McNally, School of International and Public Affairs, Col...

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

University of Notre Dame

Professor Saskia Sassen Wins Prince of Asturias Award for Social Science

Saskia Sassen, the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, has won the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for social science for her contribution to urban sociology and to the analysis of the social, economic and political dimensions of globalization, according ... [Published Columbia University - May 17 2013]

Entities: Saskia Sassen, Oviedo (Spain), University of Notre Dame

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Martin Chalfie and Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed University Professors

In recognition of their exceptional scholarly merit and distinguished service to Columbia, the University Board of Trustees has approved President Lee C. Bollinger’s appointment of two new University Professors: Martin Chalfie, the William R. Kenan Jr. ... [Published Columbia University - May 08 2013]

Entities: Martin Chalfie, Tsung-Dao Lee, HIV/AIDS

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Study Maps Cancer's Metabolic Paths and Potential for Drugs to Starve Tumors

“Global mapping of cancer gene expression changes to the human metabolic network; increased enzymatic expression across tumors is shown in red and decreased in blue,” said Dr. Vitkup (who provided the image).NEW YORK—A massive study analyzing gene expression ... [Published Columbia University - May 03 2013]

Entities: Cancer, Tumor, Metabolism

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Columbia Business School

Ronald O. Perelman Pledges $100 Million Toward Manhattanville

Ronald O. Perelman, Chairman and CEO of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and a member of the School’s Board of Overseers, has pledged a landmark gift of $100 million to Columbia Business School. It joins Class of 1969 alumnus Henry R. Kravis’s $100 million ... [Published Columbia University - May 02 2013]

Entities: Columbia Business School, MacAndrews & Forbes Hldgs Inc, Richard Paul, Glenn Hubbard

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Lamont-Doherty Climate Scientist, Volcanologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Mark Cane, an expert on the El Niño climate pattern, and Terry Plank, an authority on explosive volcanoes—both scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory--have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Membership in the ... [Published Columbia University - May 03 2013]

Entities: Volcano, El Niño, Climate

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Continuing Education Students Launch Innovative Effort to Fight Disfiguring Disease in Afghanistan

When Barbara Becker’s strategic communications class decided to help Afghan women and children afflicted with a disfiguring disease, they focused their campaign on another group in the community—the men.Three students from her School of Continuing Education ... [Published Columbia University - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, Education, Barbara Becker, Public Health, Pashtun

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Earth's Current Warmth Not Seen in the Last 1,400 Years or More, Says Lamont Study

The study is the latest to show that the Medieval Warm Period, from about 950 to 1250, may not have been global, and may not have happened at the same time in places that did grow warmer. While parts of Europe and North America were fairly warm between ... [Published Columbia University - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Medieval Warm Period, Greenhouse Gas, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

Medical Center Study Identifies New Gene That May Double Alzheimer's Risk in African Americans

ABCA7, a minor gene variant in whites, is major player in African-AmericansNEW YORK – African-Americans with a variant of the ABCA7 gene have almost double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease compared with African-Americans who lack ... [Published Columbia University - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, African-Americans, National institutes of Health, Columbia University Medical Center