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*Columbia University Professor Christopher Emdin has adopted the age-old idea of meeting students where they are. Just as “Sesame Street” and “Barney” use sing-alongs to help kids learn, the professor is applying the same logic to high schools, helping teens to remember science terms with the help of music which connects with their age and [...]
*President Barack Obama has supplanted New York Times editor Jill Abramson as Barnard College’s commencement speaker this year, the school announced on its website. “This is an extraordinary honor for Barnard and we are thrilled to welcome President Obama for this important moment in the lives of our graduates and their families,” Barnard President Deborah [...]
*One of the largest drug busts in New York didn’t happen in the Bronx, nor Harlem or up in Brooklyn this week, it happened on a college campus. But not any campus, the Ivy Leagues. The students at Columbia University are in a state of confusion after finding out that several of their classmates were running [...]
*Renowned Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill is currently suing the Philadelphia Police Department for harassment. He said an officer (Richard DeCoatsworth) harassed him on June 12. Recapping the events of the evening, the lawsuit claims Hill was dropping off a friend around 12:30 a.m. on June 12 when the officer and his partner pulled [...]
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