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Published Wednesday 4 November 2009 12:30am EST. The Columbia University College Democrats spent fall break canvassing for the Virginia gubernatorial race.

NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is celebrating the 25th anniversary of pediatric heart transplantation.

Nov. 6 -- Edmund Phelps, professor of economics at Columbia University and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in economics, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker and Deirdre Bolton about the outlook for the U.S. economy.

Reuters reports that Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild and Mitsubishi have settled: Mitsubishi is the latest company to reach a global settlement with Rothschild, a professor emeritus at Columbia University.

Emirati boys are posting lower examination scores and dropping out of high school at a much greater rate than Emirati girls, newly released research shows.

When browsing online or in a bookstore, one might easily conclude that every third person in the country is actively engaged in writing or reading a memoir.

Demonstrating its commitment to clean energy and cost savings, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has switched on the first hospital-based co-generation plant in Manhattan.

Showcasing its Open Computing portfolio and partner solutions at the Educause Conference 2009, Sun Microsystems is reinforcing its position as a leader in open source technologies for the education community.

Women are at particular risk of missed diagnosis of chronic kidney disease . To measure kidney function, primary care doctors typically order a blood test called creatinine, but Dr.

Total compensation for executives at private colleges rose 6.5% last year, with 23 earning more than $1 million.

November 2, 2009 Monday SECTION: A, COMMENTARY; Pg. 17 LENGTH: 900 words HEADLINE: Beware the health insurance police; Is it constitutional to force Americans to buy coverage? BYLINE: By Donald Lambro THE WASHINGTON TIMES A constitutional debate among legal scholars is being waged over a key provision in the Democrats' health care legislation that ...

An Oct. 28 Newsweek article made another attempt to discredit sex ed that teaches teens to wait for sexual activity until marriage.

In this March 22, 2009 file photo, Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Columbia University Global Center in Amman, Jordan.

Last week, Coventry University ran a video conference whose title asked, "Is World Journalism in Crisis?" Jeremy Paxman appeared, as did I. "Crisis is a journalistic word," he said.

The USS Potomac, also known as FDR's "Floating White House," has been cruising San Francisco Bay since 1995.

On their fourth class session, Manuwai Peters' students had to do a 'show and tell' speech.

Woman are at particular risk of their primary care physicians delaying diagnosis of chronic kidney disease , according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, California.

"The conference will take place from Aug. 1 to 7, 2010, at Columbia University, in New York City, in cooperation with the Columbia Computer Science department.

It is already known that nobody has stepped forward to vouch for witnessing or being connected to Mr.

Columbia University Medical Center today announces the winners of the 4th annual Katz Prizes in Cardiovascular Research, with the senior scientist prize being awarded to an internationally renowned researcher from the National Institutes of Health, and the young investigator prize recognizing a cardiovascular researcher actively studying left ...