Obama, CC ’83, largely avoided campaign rhetoric during his keynote address, focusing on women’s rights during an election year in which women’s issues have permeated the political dialogue.
Thong, who hails from a small town in Malaysia, was president of the General Studies Student Council for two years. She majored in sustainable development after becoming interested in the economic development of Third World countries.
Iseman builds a lot of gadgets, but is proudest of the robotic swarm that he and three other engineering students showcased at the Cornell Cup at Disney World earlier this month.
Zukowski loves buildings, so she studied construction safety and civil engineering at Columbia, but will pursue a master’s in artificial intelligence next year.
Community Board 9 will soon vote on whether to name the 500-block of West 121st Street after Carlin, who grew up there, but not after a long fight put up by the church on the block.
Three years after the first centers opened in Amman and Beijing, Columbia "turned a corner on this global centers initiative" this year, Vice President for Global Centers Ken Prewitt said.
About 90% of the tenured faculty in the School of Engineering and Applied Science recently voted no confidence in Dean Feniosky Peña-Mora, according to a SEAS professor
