King's Crown (symbol)
The Columbia Crown is a common symbol associated with the school. The symbol has often morphed and changed over time, and has been adapted in various fashions by different schools within the University. Recently, the crown has taken precedent over the shield in branding. For example, the law school switched from using the shield and it's own logo to the spaded crown in 2007.
Pictures
Columbia College Crown
SEAS Crown
Secular Crown (used by CUMC, Student Services, CLS, and a growing number of divisions)
An older version of the Crown. Formerly used by the Columbia University Press, still used by TC, and the basis of the SEAS crown
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A slightly more elaborate crown. A version of this crown can be seen on the Columbia flag in the Low Library Rotunda
Further Reading
A Little Polishing of the Crown: Columbia's logo gets slight revision (June 2007)