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The work of a professor at Columbia University has lead to the invention of a new approach to dynamic range on CCD's. This new system deliberately exposes neighbouring pixels of a CCD at slightly different levels, the theory being that if one pixel is over or under exposed information which is "nearly right" can be gathered from a neighbour. "The computed image appears comparable in dynamic range to that produced by a high-end, professional grade digital camera,'' says Nayar.
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"We've looked elsewhere," Robert Kasdin, Columbia University's senior executive vice president, said at a meeting in October, elaborating on options for University expansion. "We want to be in New York City, and we want to be in Manhattanville." So, where is elsewhere? According to Kasdin, property in an area west of Lincoln Center, commonly known as Trump City, was once eyed for University expansion.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia University announced today that its newly formed University Arts Initiative has established an on-campus residency for renowned director Peter Brook and his international theater company. During the month-long stay, Brook will mount the U.S. premiere of Tierno Bokar, a theatrical exploration of the power of tolerance.
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Thusly, in 1896, the trustees of Columbia College, under the guidance of Seth Low, approved a new name for the university as a whole, Columbia University in the City of New York. At this point, the name Columbia College returned to being used solely to refer to the original undergraduate college, founded as King’s College in 1754 and renamed Columbia College in 1784.
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Throughout its 252-year history, Columbia University in the City of New York has always grappled with its status as an elite university constrained by its urban environment. From its first classes held in a schoolhouse adjacent to Trinity Church on Wall Street, to its midtown campus, and now at its Morningside Heights and Washington Heights locations, the blessing and curse of subsisting in the country's largest city has placed space issues at the center of the University's attentions.
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Since 1979, the Revson Fellowship at Columbia University has provided a unique educational opportunity for proven civic leaders seeking a mid-career opportunity for self-development. Each year, ten urban leaders from the New York metropolitan area become Fellows at Columbia, drawing on the University’s resources, libraries, and faculty, and engaging one another in dialogue about the complex challenges facing New York City. They emerge from the program refreshed and reinvigorated, with broadened perspective and connections to a wide range of urban change makers.
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