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In 1896, the trustees officially authorized the use of yet another new name, Columbia University, and today the institution is officially known as "Columbia University in the City of New York." Additionally, the engineering school was renamed the "School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry." At the same time, University president Seth Low moved the campus again, from 49th Street to its present location, a more spacious (and, at the time, more rural) campus in the developing neighborhood of Morningside Heights. The site was formerly occupied by the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum. One of the asylum's buildings, the warden's cottage (later known as East Hall and Buell Hall), is still standing today.
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Columbia is home to the Pulitzer Prize. For over a century, the Pulitzer has been given to people for very good work in journalism, literature and music. Columbia is where FM radio was created. The school is where the foundation of modern genetics was discovered. Its Morningside Heights campus was the first North American site where the uranium atom was split.
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The Office of University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) sought to create a Web site that would help maintain ties between the university and alumni of Columbia's 16 schools. To help UDAR accomplish this goal, Columbia DKV created an original structure for the site based on actions alumni could take, such as "access," "learn," and "visit." DKV proposed branding the site as "Columbia Connection: the Web site for all alumni of Columbia University," to reinforce ties among alumni and between alumni and the university. View site
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In 1904 Columbia organized adult education classes into a formal program called Extension Teaching (later renamed University Extension). Courses in Extension Teaching eventually give rise to the Columbia Writing Program, the Columbia Business School, and the School of Dentistry and Oral Surgery.
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Designed by Columbia DKV, the mechanical-engineering site is the first in a series of nine sites launched by the School of Engineering and Applied Science. It provides important program information and ... includes such features as a video index, directory, a careers section, and more. Upon completion, all nine Web sites will have a similar structure to create consistency across the departments but each will use its own banner images and color schemes. These Web sites will allow the faculty and staff to easily update their information for their department and the students can easily navigate the interface. The remaining eight sites will be designed by DKV as well and launched over the course of this year. View site
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