Title: Columbia University - Wikipedia
Headings: Columbia University
Columbia University
Contents
History
Colonial period
18th century
19th century to present
Campus
Morningside Heights
Other campuses
Sustainability
Transportation
Academics
Undergraduate admissions and financial aid
Organization
International partnerships
Rankings
Research
Military and veteran enrollment
Student life
Students
Publications
Broadcasting
Debate and Model UN
Technology and entrepreneurship
Athletics
World Leaders Forum
Other
Student activism
1936 protest against Nazis
Protests of 1968
Protests against racism and apartheid
Columbia Unbecoming
Ahmadinejad speech controversy
ROTC controversy
Divestment from private prisons
Tuition strike
Traditions
Orgo Night
Tree-Lighting and Yule Log ceremonies
The Varsity Show
Notable people
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Content: 96 Nobel laureates; five Fields Medalists; 122 National Academy of Sciences members; 53 living billionaires; eleven Olympic medalists; 33 Academy Award winners; and 125 Pulitzer Prize recipients . Contents
1 History
1.1 Colonial period
1.2 18th century
1.3 19th century to present
2 Campus
2.1 Morningside Heights
2.2 Other campuses
2.3 Sustainability
2.4 Transportation
3 Academics
3.1 Undergraduate admissions and financial aid
3.2 Organization
3.3 International partnerships
3.4 Rankings
3.5 Research
3.6 Military and veteran enrollment
4 Student life
4.1 Students
4.1.1 Publications
4.1.2 Broadcasting
4.1.3 Debate and Model UN
4.2 Technology and entrepreneurship
4.3 Athletics
4.4 World Leaders Forum
4.5 Other
5 Student activism
5.1 1936 protest against Nazis
5.2 Protests of 1968
5.3 Protests against racism and apartheid
5.4 Columbia Unbecoming
5.5 Ahmadinejad speech controversy
5.6 ROTC controversy
5.7 Divestment from private prisons
5.8 Tuition strike
6 Traditions
6.1 Orgo Night
6.2 Tree-Lighting and Yule Log ceremonies
6.3 The Varsity Show
7 Notable people
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
History
Main article: History of Columbia University
Colonial period
King's College Hall, 1770
Discussions regarding the founding of a college in the Province of New York began as early as 1704, at which time Colonel Lewis Morris wrote to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the missionary arm of the Church of England, persuading the society that New York City was an ideal community in which to establish a college. However, it was not until the founding of the College of New Jersey (renamed Princeton) across the Hudson River in New Jersey that the City of New York seriously considered founding a college.