Topic: Columbia University

Whites-only scholarship: Columbia tries to change it

Whites-only scholarship for Columbia University dates from 1920 – and is only for Iowans. Columbia is going to court to change race provisions of whites-only scholarship.

Joyce Brothers, columnist, TV star, and $64,000 winner, dies

5 reasons graphic novels are the next big thing at your library

Can a 4,000-mile wall of trees stop Sahara Desert's drift?

A way to curb global warming: Suck carbon emissions right out of the air?

Will we ever understand 2012 drought? Study blames 'random weather' (+video)

Lead poisoning among children estimate revised, now two times greater

In Mali, a war ends but instability lingers

A loss to the fashion world, Lilly Pulitzer dies at 81

Kansas passes anti-abortion bill declaring life begins 'at fertilization'

Robert Remini dies, leaves legacy as Andrew Jackson scholar

Mastermind

NASA climate scientist James Hansen retires to join global warming fight full time

Modern Parenthood Let us not praise our children: Well-intentioned puffery won't boost school success

Taming Medicare costs: What are the options?

Fear Itself

Beyond the Higgs boson: Five more elusive particles

Life after Higgs boson: What's next for the world's largest atom smasher?

100,000 'killer' bees attack Florida park rangers

10 best books of March, according to Amazon's editors

Take a lesson from Apple: iTunes U tops 1B downloads

First college to raise $1B? Stanford beats Harvard

Short trip to Timbuktu reveals long road ahead for Mali

Closing education achievement gap: blue-ribbon panel offers blueprint

In US, big strides in reducing domestic violence