University Shield

The University Shield, or coat of arms, is a symbol associated with Columbia. Some schools and divisions of the University use their own variation on the shield. However, most use the crown, and usage of the shield is becoming rarer. It has disappeared from the Law School's website, the podium used at University public events, the Soccer team uniforms, etc.

The shield depicted below is also sometimes depicted with gold crowns, though these are variations on the original. The similarity to the Oxford shield is probably intentional, as King's College was once envisioned to be the first university in North America, in the mold of Oxford and Cambridge, and the second President of King's College, Myles Cooper, was an Oxford-educated priest.

Its use is technically regulated by the Secretary of the University.

Pictures

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  The Columbia University Shield

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  Older University design, from 1963 yearbook

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  THe older design embedded on a yearbook cover from the 1980s

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  The University of Oxford Shield

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  The School of General Studies Shield

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  Early version of the GS Shield

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  CUMB Logo

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  An alternative Shield design. Note the use of different crowns

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  Shield on the podium