Columbia University Press Releases

Columbia University News Archive: 1997

Widespread Genus of Monkeys Gives Up Genealogical Secrets to Columbia Researchers (December 18, 1997)
Columbia University and Environmental Groups Join To Save "Mata Atlantica," Brazil's Unique Coastal Forest (December 11,1997)
Columbia Scientist Finds Abrupt Changes In African Climate, Confirming 1,500-Year Cycle (December 11,1997)
Stage Director Robert Woodruff Joins Columbia University's School of the Arts (December 5, 1997)
Columbia Scientist Warns That Global Warming Could Trigger Collapse of Ocean Currents (November 27, 1997)
Wei Jingsheng, Chinese Dissident, to Join Columbia University as Visiting Scholar (November 26, 1997)
Anthropologist Katherine Verdery Examines Death and Politics in Columbia Lectures (November 24, 1997)
Grayson Kirk, Former President of Columbia, Dies at 94 (November 21, 1997)
Lerner Receives Columbia's 1997 Hamilton Medal (November 18, 1997)
Pulitzer Board Opens Public Service Prize To On-line Journalism (November 17, 1997)
Earth Cools in Persistent, 1,500-Year Rhythm, Say Columbia Scientists, Working From Sea Cores (November 13, 1997)
Columbia-SUNY Team Slices Magnetic Crystal; Applications Seen for Miniaturized Optical Devices (November 12, 1997)
Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards Established at Columbia (November 11, 1997)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Conductor Zinman Receives Columbias Ditson Award (November 10, 1997)
Dominican New Yorkers Losing Economic Ground; Education is Key to Progress, Researchers Say (November 7, 1997)
Visiting Professorship and Lecture Series In Indian Political Economy Established at Columbia (October 28, 1997)
Ruth Levenson, Columbia University Administrator, 68 (October 24, 1997)
William J. McGill, Former Columbia President, dies at 75 (October 21, 1997)
Columbia Scientists, in Nature Article, Dispute Finding That Aug. 16 Event Was Russian Nuclear Test (October 21, 1997)
Intel Donates $2.5 Million in Computers To Columbia for Advanced Research (October 20, 1997)
Brokering a Better Deal at the Workplace: Is There a Role for Social Workers? (October 17, 1997)
Merton, Engineering Alumnus and Sociologists Son, Wins 1997 Nobel in Economics (October 15, 1997)
Columbia-IBM Team Develops Method To Detect Tiny Quantities of Superconductors (October 7, 1997)
Columbia University Establishes New Collaborations With Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum (October 1, 1997)
Columbia University Appoints Four New Faculty In African-American Studies (October 1, 1997)
Solar Activity May Contribute to Global Warming (September 30, 1997)
Eduardo Machado to Head Playwriting Program At Columbias School of the Arts (September 26, 1997)
Columbia University Announces $26 Million Gift From Fu Foundation; School of Engineering and Applied Science Will Be Named in Honor Of International Businessman (September 24, 1997)
Top Historians Gather at Columbia Sept. 26-27 For Conference on Vichy France (September 22, 1997)
Church Influence Minimal Among Russian Faithful (September 17, 1997)
Campus Centennial Occasions Three Exhibitions Focusing on Columbias Architecture and Planning(September 12, 1997)
Winners of Cabot Prizes for Reporting on Latin America Announced by Columbia University (September 8, 1997)
Danishefsky Wins Top Chemistry Award (September 8, 1997)
Columbia Journalism Review (August 29, 1997)
Stephen H. Case Is Elected a Trustee of Columbia University (August 5, 1997)
Stephen Friedman Elected Chair of Columbia Trustees (August 5, 1997)
All Pulitzer Prizes Are Now On Line(August 4, 1997)
NATO Secretary-General Solana to Speak at Columbia University July 29 (July 24, 1997)
DNA Tests Identify Possible New Chimp Subspecies; Population Already Threatened With Extinction (July 23, 1997)
Exhibitions Showcase Columbias History On Centennial of Morningside Campus (July 15, 1997)
Justice Department Approves Digital TV Patent Pool; Columbia, Only University In Group, To Receive Fees (July 1,1997)
Mario G. Salvadori, Engineer, Architect, Consultant on Manhattan Project, 90 (June 27, 1997)
In the New Columbia Journalism Review (June 26, 1997)
Columbia University, UNESCO and the Smithsonian Establish Institute for Biosphere and Society (June 23,1997)
New CD -- "Columbia Rocks 1997" -- Showcases Music of Columbia and Barnard Bands (June 17, 1997)
Jules Feiffer Named to Arts Fellowship at Columbia (June 12, 1997)
Stanley Schachter, Social Psychologist at Columbia, 75 (June 9, 1997)
Columbia Engineers Develop New Ways To Access Multimedia Information (June 5, 1997)
Internet Protocol Sharpens Voice, Video (June 5, 1997)
Columbia Software Retrieves, Edits Images and Videos on the Internet (June 5, 1997)
360-Degree Videocam Developed at Columbia (June 5, 1997)
Welfare Will Impoverish 500,000 New Yorkers In Next Five Years, Columbia Researchers Say (June, 1997)
Columbia Professor Leads African-American Delegation To Cuba to Examine Race and Gender Issues (May 30, 1997)
1997 Knight-Bagehot Fellows Named at Columbia (May 30,1997)
Commencement address at Columbia University by President George Rupp (May 28,1997)
Human Activity Could Cause Dramatic Climate Change, Columbia Scientist Tells Global Warming Conference (May 27, 1997)
Columbia Team Is First to Weigh Neutron Star By Measuring X-Rays From Innermost Orbit (May 27, 1997)
Overholser Elected Chair of Pulitzer Prize Board (May 26, 1997)
Columbias Rupp Calls for Renewed Federal Partnership (May 21, 1997)
From Hard News to You News: TV Is Softening, Says Columbia Journalism Review (May 19, 1997)
Pete Hamill Wakes Up the Daily News, Reports the Columbia Journalism Review (May 19, 1997)
Columbia Physicist Builds Gamma-Ray Telescope To See an Invisible, Unexplored Universe (May 19, 1997)
President Rupp To Speak and Confer Honorary DegreesAt Colorful Outdoor Commencement Ceremonies Completing the University's 243rd Year (May 19,1997)
Renowned Columbia Chemist Uses Magic To Amuse Colleagues, Relieve Boredom (May 19,1997)
Engineer, With Nod to Columbia Surgeon, To Harness Science Skills to Medical Career (May 19,1997)
Cronkite To Receive Columbia Journalism Award (May 15, 1997)
Joyce Purnick Wins Columbia's Mike Berger Award (May 15, 1997)
Political Consultant Graduates In Off-Year Elections (May 15, 1997)
Journalism Student Is a Graduate of Elaine's (May 15,1997)
Philadelphia Reporters Win Columbia's Tobenkin Award (May 14,1997)
Wall Street Is Number One Choice For New Columbia Graduates (May 13, 1997)
The Best and Worst of Welfare Reform: Strategies for the Future to be Discussed at Columbia University (May 5, 1997)
Columbia Professor Named Top Aide To U.N. Secretary-General (May 5, 1997)
Harriman Institute-Associated Press Conference on Russias Future Slated for May 7 at Columbia University (May 2, 1997)
Port Authority's Maikish Named To Head Facilities at Columbia University (May 1, 1997)
Columbia Journalism Review Cites Self-censorship As Main Danger to Press Freedom in Hong Kong (April 29, 1997)
Two Columbia University Students Capture Nation's Only Awards to African-American College Writers (April 29,1997)
Music and Arts Library Opens at Columbia University (April 24,1997)
Longobardo, Woman Engineer, Adds Another First: Egleston Medal From Columbia's Engineering Alumni (April 24,1997)
Mallika Sarabhai Performs Dance-Drama On Violence May 5 At Columbia University (April 23,1997)
Four Win Columbia's Highest Journalism Alumni Honor (April 21,1997)
Columbia Ph.D. Wins Trumpler Award For Studies of Collisions Between Galaxies (April 18,1997)
Public Policy Consortium Aims To Create Close Network Of Scholars At Columbia Schools And Departments (April 18,1997)
Columbia's Online Research Magazine, 21stC, Overhauls Web Site With Faster Graphics, Animation (April 18,1997)
Bill T. Jones, Margo Jefferson, Andrei Serban, Anne Bogart, David Henry Hwang and Others Featured in Columbia University Theatre Conference, May 2-4 (April 15,1997)
Electric Current Can Dislodge Atoms In Wires, Creating Stresses That Can Damage Microcircuits (April 14,1997)
International Bank For Biological Capital Proposed By Columbia Economist (April 9,1997)
Joaquin M. Luttinger, Columbia Professor, 73; Leading Theorist of Condensed Matter Physics (April 8,1997)
Winners Of The 81st Pulitzer Prizes (April 7, 1997)
American Chemical Society To Remember Professor Brian Bent of Columbia (April 4,1997)
Nobel Laureate Baruj Benacerraf, Designer Mary Mcfadden, & Master Chef Jacques Pepin Among Alumni To Be Honored by Columbia (April 3,1997)
Columbia Alumnus Campbell McGrath Wins $50,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award (April 1,1997)
Geophysicists Find Molten Zone Beneath Tibet (April 1,1997)
Global Research Institute Devoted To Climate Prediction Announced (April 1,1997)
Columbia University Hosts World Music Concerts (March 31,1997)
Role of the Business Community in Welfare to Work is Topic of Barnard/Columbia Forum March 31st( March 25, 1997)
Studies of the Constitution and the Decades After WWII Win Columbia University's Bancroft Prize in History (March 25,1997)
American Opera Tradition To Be Celebrated In Concert at Columbia April 6 (March 25,1997)
Columbia University and United Nations Announce Global Partnership to Improve Cities (March 25,1997)
Columbia Film Professor, Astronomer Help Shape PBS Series "Mysteries of Deep Space," to Air in April (March 25,1997)
Merrill Lynch'S Lisa Landau to Receive Columbia College Alumna Achievement Award, March 27 (March 24,1997)
Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist Kenzaburo Oe to Speak at Columbia in "Theatre of Ideas" Series, April 8 (March 24,1997)
Mice in a Medieval Library: Revitalizing the Study of Manuscripts from the Middle Ages(March 19,1997)
Columbia Astronomer's Nighttime Irregulars Aid Science With Backyard Telescopes (March 18,1997)
Salisbury'S Century: A Reporter'S Life (March 17,1997)
Columbia College Honors Bay Area Alumni (March 17,1997)
Physical Abuse of Drug-Dependent Women Studied by Columbia University Researchers(March 13,1997)
Columbia Team Is First to Weigh Neutron Star By Measuring X-Rays From Innermost Orbit (March 11,1997)
Columbia Students Design Urban Arts Corridor For El Barrio and Harlem, on View Until March(February 28, 1997)
Richard Logsdon, Former Director of Columbia Libraries (February 25,1997)
Physicists Report Unusual Particle Collisions (February 24,1997)
Five Young Columbians Win Sloan Awards For Work in Math, Biochemistry and Neuroscience (February 24,1997)
Columbia Names Elizabeth Keefer General Counsel (February 19,1997)
Labyrinth, 100,000-Volume Scholarly Bookstore, To Open at Columbia (February 17,1997)
Chien-Shiung Wu, Renowned Columbia Physicist, 84 (February 17,1997)
Study by Columbia, New York City Urban League To Assess Local Impact of Welfare Reform (February 13, 1997)
Anthropologist Conrad Arensberg Dies at 86 (February 12,1997)
Padwe Named Acting Dean of Journalism at Columbia (February 10,1997)
Pacific May Slow Global Warming, Lamont-Doherty Scientists Conclude (February 7,1997)
Columbia To Celebrate Formative Era in American Opera (January 30,1997)
Joseph P. Nye, Former Business VP at Columbia, Dies (January 22,1997)
Study Finds Political Pandering To Polls a Myth (January 17,1997)
Columbia to Host Global Warming Conference in May (January 17,1997)
Documentary Series on Former Yugoslavia Wins Highest duPont-Columbia Journalism Award (January 16, 1997)
Columbia Establishes First Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracies (January 16,1997)
International Authorities at Reuters Forum at Columbia To Analyze Widening Gap In Wealth of Nations (January 16,1997)
Robert Motherwell on Paper: Works Infrequently Seen To Be Exhibited at Columbia's Wallach Art Gallery (January 9,1997)
360-Degree Videocam Developed at Columbia (January 16, 1997)
Scientists Issue Call to Save Bornean Rhino (January 14, 1997)
Marcus Langseth, Pioneering Earth Scientist (January 7, 1997)

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