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  Taking the Bite Out of the Bedbug, But Safely

  By David Bois | Sat Nov 7, 2009 2:29 PM ET

  can be top performers. That's according to recent findings staked out collaboratively by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Columbia University and the New York City Department of Housing, who have looked at the bedbug problem in addition to problems posed by othe Read More

  More like this in: New York City, Housing, Hygiene, Scientific American, 30 Rock, Science, Regional/Local, Politics & Policy, Environment, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Federal Money Doesn't Want Drugs and Crime to Mix

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  communities together to work on improving drug and alcohol treatment for teens who have run afoul of the law. According to RWJF, research from Columbia University finds that four of five young adults in the juvenile justice system committed their crimes while under the influence of drugs o Read More

  More like this in: Money, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, US, Social Responsibility, Politics & Policy, Giving
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  Science Students Score Higher When Teachers Research

  By John Casey | Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  to the NSF article and Samuel C. Silverstein of Columbia University and colleagues who studied teachers.Silverstein is the founder and director of Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Secondary School Science Teachers, or CUSRP, "which brings middle and high school science teacher Read More

  More like this in: New York, New York City, Science, Social Responsibility, Education, Volunteerism, Fundraising, Development
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  Celebs Flock Back To School

  By Wynter Mitchell | Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  tenth graders at a Philadelphia high school. "Milk" star James Franco caused a minor ruckus when he enrolled himself in the MFA writing program at  Columbia University. Jere Hester from NY News Service told MSNBC.com believes the trend is more about charting the course of their lives beyond th Read More

  More like this in: Natalie Portman, Economy, Hollywood, Celebrities, Television, Eva Longoria, James Franco, Jerry O'Connell, Jodie Foster
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  In Africa, Let There be Health!

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Aug 5, 2009 9:00 PM ET

  and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, a Boston-based NGO called Partners In Health and the Rwandan Ministry of Health.In Tanzania and Ghana: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Swiss Tropical Institute, the University of Ghana, the Ifakara Health Institute of Tanzani Read More

  More like this in: Boston, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Harvard University, Partners In Health, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, University of Alabama
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  Back to School GIs

  By Lisa Germinsky | Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:48 PM ET

  women, who may have otherwise never been given a chance at an education like Spc. Marco Reininger. The 25-year-old will soon be roaming the halls of Columbia University. The government will bankroll most of the $100,000 tuition."It definitely makes it more valuable," Reininger, 25, a member of th Read More

  More like this in: Education, Associated Press, Housing, Veterans, Vietnam, Tuition, Vietnam War, National Guard
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  Beware of Pandas: The Bamboo Bike Studio

  By Johnie Gall | Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:56 PM ET

  you to buy a custom ride or a designer mountain bike.But the best part of buying a bamboo bike is knowing you’re helping others. Together with Columbia University Earth Institute and Millennium Cities Initiative for Development, Bamboo Bike Studio is helping to improve access t Read More

  More like this in: Eco-Friendly, Transportation, Kenya, Health Care, Brooklyn, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, Ecuador
• Cancer Patient's Research Is Critical To Save Lives - and His Own

  By Kim Parry | Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:20 PM ET

  P.J. Lukac was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, he did what every cancer patient wishes he or she could do - research it and look for a cur Read More

  More like this in: Cancer, Chicago Tribune, Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute, Science, Healthcare
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  A Brave Brainiac

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:46 AM ET

  from the same, often-deadly disease, whose median survival rate is a mere 14.2 months.After his diagnosis, PJ, a second-year medical student at Columbia University, freaked out a bit, then regrouped and set out in search of the Brain Tumor Institute, telling its director, Dr. Markus Bredel Read More

  More like this in: Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute, US
• Megan Quitkin

  By Megan Quitkin | Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:00 PM ET

  for the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. Megan has worked and traveled in nearly 60 countries; she has a BA from Princeton University and an MPH from Columbi Read More

  More like this in: New York, New York City, AIDS, Poverty, HIV / AIDS, Discrimination, Human Trafficking