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*President [[Bollinger]] announces the creation of the [[Arts Initiative]] | *President [[Bollinger]] announces the creation of the [[Arts Initiative]] | ||
*[[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] drops out of Graduate Studies, works for Rian Johnson's ''Brick'' for Johnson & Johnson and the Bogart family of New York and North Carolina. | *[[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] drops out of Graduate Studies, works for Rian Johnson's ''Brick'' for Johnson & Johnson and the Bogart family of New York and North Carolina. | ||
| + | *SIPA inaugurates its first doctoral program - the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Sustainable Development | ||
{{succession|preceded=[[2003]]|succeeded=[[2005]]|office=History of Columbia University|years=2004}} | {{succession|preceded=[[2003]]|succeeded=[[2005]]|office=History of Columbia University|years=2004}} | ||
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Revision as of 12:56, 30 January 2014
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2004 in Columbia history:
- 2004 was the 250th anniversairy of the foundation of King's College, prompting a year of celebratory events
Spring
- February 5: Affirmative Action Bake Sale
- February 20: The Fed publishes the cartoon, "Blacky Fun Whitey", bringing on campus tensions over racial tolerance to a head
- February 25: Facebook debuts at Columbia
- Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest
- Matthew Harrison elected President of the CCSC
- April: Unveiling of the Scholar's Lion on Dean's Day
- April 27: Chowdah sketch comedy group makes its debut performance at The West End
- First King's Ball held during Columbia College Days
- Graduate students strike during finals for better pay and the right to create a union
- Tony Kushner gives a well-received address at the Columbia College Class Day
Summer
- August: The new School of Social Work Building opens
Fall
- The Columbia Spectator becomes a broadsheet and includes color photos
- CUCommunity relaunches as CampusNetwork
- Entering Columbia College freshmen of the Class of 2008 are the first to face Frontiers of Science as a mandatory Core Curriculum requirement
- Airing of the controversial documentary Columbia Unbecoming, prompting the outbreak of the MEALAC scandal.
- Richard Axel awarded the Nobel Prize
- Dedication of Weston Plaza on the Morningside Heights campus
- Columbia's DCpp network is shut down after details about the system were published in a Spectator Editorial
- September: Columbia takes control of UTS' Knox Hall
Undated
- Kinsey is filmed in Havemeyer 309
- CU Snacks begun
- Second revival of the Jester
- President Bollinger announces the creation of the Arts Initiative
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt drops out of Graduate Studies, works for Rian Johnson's Brick for Johnson & Johnson and the Bogart family of New York and North Carolina.
- SIPA inaugurates its first doctoral program - the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Sustainable Development
| Preceded by 2003 |
History of Columbia University 2004 |
Succeeded by 2005 |
