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| − | In the summer of 2003, President Bollinger announced the University's intention to build a extension/satellite campus. The '''Manhattanville campus''' is an 18 acre planned development in the [[Manhattanville]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], an area bound by 125th and 133rd Streets between Broadway and 12th Avenue. | + | In the summer of [[2003]], President [[Bollinger]] announced the University's intention to build a extension/satellite campus. The '''Manhattanville campus''' is an 18 acre planned development in the [[Manhattanville]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], an area bound by [[125th Street|125th]] and 133rd Streets between [[Broadway (avenue)|Broadway]] and 12th Avenue. |
| − | Columbia has retained world renowned architect Renzo Piano to lay the master plan for the expansion, a plan which President Bollinger has insisted must be implemented either in whole or not at all. Current plans call for the first phase of construction to include new sites for the [[Columbia Business School|Business School]], the [[School of the Arts]], the newly created Jerome L. Greene Science Center, and the [[Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School]] a public Magnet school under Columbia's direction for children of northern Manhattan residents. | + | Columbia has retained world renowned architect Renzo Piano to lay the master plan for the expansion, a plan which President Bollinger has insisted must be implemented either in whole or not at all. Current plans call for the first phase of construction to include new sites for the [[Columbia Business School|Business School]], the [[School of the Arts]], the newly created [[Jerome L. Greene Science Center]], and the [[Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School]] a public Magnet school under Columbia's direction for children of northern Manhattan residents. |
| − | The | + | The Jerome L. Greene Science Center will be a new research teaching facility that will serve as the home for Columbia's Mind, Brain and Behavior initiative. It will be led by neurobiologist Dr. [[Thomas Jessell]], and Nobel laureates Dr. [[Richard Axel]] and Dr. [[Eric Kandel]]. It will be built in the [[Manhattanville campus]], and is funded by a $200 million gift from the Jerome Greene Foundation, the largest gift in Columbia history. |
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''See main article at [[Manhattanville Controversy]].'' | ''See main article at [[Manhattanville Controversy]].'' | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 3 April 2007
In the summer of 2003, President Bollinger announced the University's intention to build a extension/satellite campus. The Manhattanville campus is an 18 acre planned development in the Manhattanville neighborhood of Manhattan, an area bound by 125th and 133rd Streets between Broadway and 12th Avenue.
Columbia has retained world renowned architect Renzo Piano to lay the master plan for the expansion, a plan which President Bollinger has insisted must be implemented either in whole or not at all. Current plans call for the first phase of construction to include new sites for the Business School, the School of the Arts, the newly created Jerome L. Greene Science Center, and the Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School a public Magnet school under Columbia's direction for children of northern Manhattan residents.
The Jerome L. Greene Science Center will be a new research teaching facility that will serve as the home for Columbia's Mind, Brain and Behavior initiative. It will be led by neurobiologist Dr. Thomas Jessell, and Nobel laureates Dr. Richard Axel and Dr. Eric Kandel. It will be built in the Manhattanville campus, and is funded by a $200 million gift from the Jerome Greene Foundation, the largest gift in Columbia history.
Map
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Expansion controversy
See main article at Manhattanville Controversy.
