facets‒ Facts About Columbia Essential to Students ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FACETS represents a concerted effort by hundreds of Columbia Photo Credits University employees. Every contribution to this publication is valu- Cover Photos of Current Students: Eileen Barroso able—from writing and revising entire sections to simply confirming a Interior Photos*: Eileen Barroso, pp. 3, 4, 16, 28, 61, 66; Amy telephone number. The editorial staff of FACETS wishes to express Callahan, pp. 5, 10, 25, 26, 54, 63, 78, 79, 97; Anne Canty, p. 82; thanks to all whose hard work and prompt response to pressing dead- Columbian yearbook (various years), pp. 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 44, 50, 74, lines enabled the compilation, composition, and design of this important 77, 86; Joyce Culver, p. 84; Esto Photographics, p. 88; Office of student resource. External Affairs at the Health Sciences campus, pp. 11, 16; Kris Special thanks to Rhea Pliakas, David Hill, and the staff of the Kavanaugh, p. 41; Diana Kolodny, p. 10; NASA, p. 55; I. M. Pei and Columbiana Library for opening to us Columbia’s rich archives and Partners, p. 15; Joe Pineiro, pp. 10, 13, 17, 20, 21, 35, 51; Ron Purdy, making FACETS’ timeline a living history. pp. 46, 48; Jonathan Lockwood Smith Photography, pp. 22, 23; Wallach Others who contributed invaluable direction, advice, and support were Art Gallery p. 75; all other photos were contributed by University Wayne Blair, Amy Callahan, Ree DeDonato, Michael Feiler, Katharina Publications. Kramer, Fran Pantazis, Harris Schwartz, Paul Vita, Marsha Wagner, Sarah Weiner, Rich Welch, Lorenzo Wyatt, and especially Mark Burstein * Please note that credit is given to photographers and/or to individuals who and Joe Ienuso. contributed photographs. 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Notable historical events, including the movement of Columbia’s campus to Morningside Heights in 1897 and the demonstrations of students in the 1960s, appear on the timeline in the beginning of this edition of FACETS. Throughout this edition, you will find snapshots of Columbia through the years. Along with such historical references, FACETS continues to provide essential informa- tion to all of Columbia’s students—undergrad- uate, graduate, professional, and postdoctoral —as well as those attending its affiliated schools. The University offers a broad array of opportunities, both in and out of the class- room. FACETS is an index to all of the Uni- about what is essential for you to know about versity’s schools and programs, a directory to Columbia to the editors at FACETS@columbia. all of its locations, from Morningside Heights edu for their use in improving the next edition. to the Health Sciences campus, from Reid Hall in Paris to Biosphere 2 in Arizona. It also pro- vides updates on changes to the University’s policies and procedures. George Rupp FACETS is carefully revised each year; so as President you use this edition, please forward your ideas Columbia University Table of Contents A Message from the President . .3 Student Life . .73 The Arts . .74 The University . .5 Athletics . .76 Historical Timeline . .6 Office of the University Chaplain . .79 Schools and Programs . .18 Community Outreach Programs . .81 Administration . .35 Student Activities . .83 Resources for Information . .36 Dining Services . .85 Student Housing . .87 Academic Resources . .39 Lerner Hall . .92 The Libraries . .40 University ID Cards . .92 Library Branches . .43 Mail Information . .93 Academic Computing . .46 Telecommunications Services . .94 University Bookstores . .48 Photocopying and Printing Services . .49 Campus Security . .95 Office of the Registrar . .50 Security . .96 Student Resources . .53 Appendices . .103 Career Services . .54 Appendix A: Academic Information Systems (AcIS) Student Employment . .56 Computer Usage Policy . .104 Student Financial Services . .56 Appendix B: Policy on Access to Student Records under Personal Finances . .59 the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Disability Services . .60 (FERPA) of 1974 . .104 Health Services . .62 Appendix C: University Regulations . .106 Day Care Programs and Child Care Centers . .67 Appendix D: Policies on Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco . .111 Recycling . .67 Appendix E: Policy Statement on Discrimination and Shuttle Bus and Parking Information . .68 Harassment, Policies on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Voter Registration . .70 Misconduct, Statement of Nondiscriminatory Policies, International Student Services . .70 and Discrimination Grievance Procedure . .116 Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action . .72 Appendix F: Romantic Relationship Advisory Statement . .121 Ombuds Office . .72 Index . .123 Maps . .127 Directory Information . .132 The University Historical Timeline The first location of King’s College at the Trinity Church school- Dr. Samuel Bard, house, where Presi- who helped found dent Samuel Johnson the College of 1774 Admissions log. and his first class of Physicians and Alexander Hamilton’s eight students met in Surgeons and name is the second-to-last July 1754. King’s College on the list. Medical School in 1767. King’s College chartered in King’s College acquires land Dr. Samuel Bard, physician Alexander Hamilton, rebel New York “to promote lib- near Hudson River on lower to George Washington and and later first Secretary of the eral education” and to “pre- Manhattan. The campus was the first professor of medi- Treasury of the United States, vent the growth of republi- comprised of a three-story cine at King’s College, helps enrolls in King’s College. can principles which prevail stone building, a private found the School of Medi- already too much in the co- park, and 24 rooms total for cine that in three years will lonies.” King’s College dis- living quarters, chapel, class- award the first M.D. degrees appointed King George II— rooms, and dining. in America. ‒ it produced a crop of Amer- All classes are suspended dur- ican rebels and statesmen. ing the Revolutionary War. John Jay, later the first Chief Governor Morris, writer of Justice of the United States, the final draft of the Con- graduates from King’s College. stitution, graduates from King’s reopens and is renamed King’s College. Columbia. The word “Colum- bia” had recently been coined by patriotic poets and was put to use here for the first time in law and history. The University The First Editorial Board of the Spectator in 1877. Professor Chandler (with book) and students on the steps of Chandler Laboratories on the Midtown Campus, ca. 1864. The Columbia College Baseball Nine in 1886. Center, and Columbia had Engineering and Applied been awarded the right to Science) is founded. Frederick “The Riotous Commence- purchase this land by lottery A. P. Barnard assumes Colum- Graduate School of Arts and ment.” Protesters disrupt for $6,000. At the time this bia presidency. Barnard origi- Sciences is founded. Columbia commencement land was considered too far nally applied for a post as after a student is denied his uptown to be valuable.