olumbia University was founded in 1754 as King’s College by royal charter of King George II of England. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in ...

The shoreline is affected by waves (produced by wind at sea) and tides (produced by the gravitational effect of the moon and sun). Coastal Sedimentation: In the wave dominated shoreface and nearshore ...

Herman Hollerith is widely regarded as the father of modern automatic computation. He chose the punched card as the basis for storing and processing information and he built the first punched-card ...

(k)(1) Trading suspensions. If in its opinion the public interest and the protection of investors so require, the Commission is authorized by order- (A) summarily to suspend trading in any security ...

The Qualifying Exam (Quals) is taken by all graduate students without exception before they begin research for the PhD and after no more than one term of residence. The exam consists of a written exam ...

Warriors have played a dominant role in the politics and culture of Japan since at least 1185 when Minamoto no Yoritomo founded the Kamakura shogunate. It is important to keep in mind, however, that ...

The IBM 2260 Display Station, 1964; Photo: IBM 1964. This is one of the very first video display terminals. 2260s were installed at Columbia in the 2nd-floor Computer Center public-access terminal ...

Identification: A bright green algae with feathery branches that vary in length from 5-65 cm. in tropical waters, while the hybrid form grows much larger with plants up to 10 feet. Original ...

Jagdish Bhagwati is University Professor (Economics, Law, and International Affairs) at Columbia University and Director of the Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies. He was Senior Fellow for ...

General Format: All reports are written in HTML code using Netscape Composer (available here) and undergo two iterations of review and revisions before completion. Eventually, those that meet the ...

One of Columbia's Diablo printer about 1980 This was the device used for quality printing in the 1970s. It looks like a typewriter (and could be used as one), but in reality it was a powerful computer ...

Identification: On the small side for blackbirds – 6 to 8 inches – Brown-headed Cowbirds are sexually dimorphic. The males are a shiny black with brown heads while the females are more brownish gray ...