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Students protested in the 1968 over the issue of whether Columbia would build its gymnasium in neighboring Morningside Park; this was seen by the protestors to be an act of aggression aimed at the black residents of neighboring Harlem. For several days, students took over administration buildings, occupied classrooms, and attacked the Columbia ROTC detatchment. Order was eventually restored when, with the assistance of NYPD, the university president snuck back into his office through a secret tunnel. The episode is generally seen as marking the point where the student body's and administration's values appeared to diverge most sharply. Columbia ended up scrapping the plans for the controversial gym and built a subterranean gym under the north end of campus instead; this is the facility in use today. The architectural plans drawn up for the abandoned Morningside Park gym project were eventually used at Princeton University to build Dillon Gym.
Main article: List of Columbia University people
Among the Columbians to achieve a measure of fame (or notoriety) are such diverse talents as poets and physicists, artists and lawyers, Founding Fathers, baseball stars and inventors. See the main article for details.
Columbia University's New York location and classic architecture has made it a favorite for moviemakers. Particularly photogenic are the Columbia steps, the long series of steps in front of Low Library, as well as the lecture room 309 in Havemeyer Hall. Movies featuring scenes shot on Morningside campus include:
Movies or shows with significant portrayals of Columbia alumni or students:
Since 1901, 72 Columbians have been honored with Nobel Prizes for their work in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and (since 1968) economics. [2] [3]
As of 2004, the current list of Columbia Nobel laureates can be found at list of Columbia University people.
Other awards won by current and former faculty include:
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