Columbia Is Divided by Bollinger Remarks
Columbia University students react to the speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, and the challenge that prefaced it from their university's president.
View ArticleAhmadinejad at Columbia, Off-Peak Transit Fares, Magna Carta at Auction and More
A roundup of the morning news.
View ArticleImmigration Debates, Bollinger’s Performance, a Secretive Philanthropist and...
A roundup of the morning news.
View ArticleBollinger Defends Columbia’s Treatment of Ahmadinejad
The president of Columbia University defended the harsh criticism he leveled at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Monday.
View Article‘We’re Sorry, President Ahmadinejad’
Blogtalk: Columbia University group plans to visit Iran; a man camping out at Ikea; how to read the New Yorker efficiently; and more New York region links.
View ArticleColumbia Says It Knows of No Visit to Iran
The university said it had "no knowledge or information" about a report in the Iranian media that a delegation of professors and deans would visit Tehran to apologize for the Columbia president's...
View ArticleWhen Kissinger Met the Bloggers
Old conservative media met new conservative media at the Four Seasons on Monday night for an event honoring Norman Podhoretz for his book about the struggle against "Islamofascism."
View ArticleMerrill Settles Discrimination Suit
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed that an Iranian Muslim employee, Majid Borumand, was fired because of his religion and national origin.
View ArticleCity Gets $175 Million From Two Court Cases
The district attorney will transfer to the city money from cases involving fraud at Tyco International and a financial penalty paid by Lloyds, the British bank.
View ArticleVoices of Iranian-Americans Are Heard
Iranian-Americans reacted to the much-debated election in their home country at a networking event in Midtown.
View ArticleFoundation Tied to Iran Donated to Columbia
The relationship raised interest when federal prosecutors formally accused the donor organization, the Alavi Foundation, of illegally providing money and services to Iran.
View ArticleIn Iran, Fending Off Accusations of Ties to … New Jersey?
Interrogators seem fascinated by our neighbors across the Hudson River.
View ArticleSuspect in J.F.K. Bomb Plot Is Accused of Spying for Iran
Taking the stand in his own defense, a former government official in Guyana is accused of being a spy for Iran.
View ArticleIn Times Sq., Reminders of an American Missing in Iran
To coincide with the Iranian president's visit to the United Nations, a billboard in Times Square and displays in subway stations have started showing a picture of a former F.B.I. agent who disappeared...
View ArticleAfter ‘Argo,’ a New Spotlight on a Hostage Crisis
The Day: For Barry Rosen, the lone New Yorker remaining from among the 52 Americans held by Iranian militants in 1979, and the other hostages, "Argo" has retrieved their crisis from the deep recesses...
View ArticleVoices of Iranian-Americans Are Heard
Iranian-Americans reacted to the much-debated election in their home country at a networking event in Midtown.
View ArticleFoundation Tied to Iran Donated to Columbia
The relationship raised interest when federal prosecutors formally accused the donor organization, the Alavi Foundation, of illegally providing money and services to Iran.
View ArticleIn Iran, Fending Off Accusations of Ties to … New Jersey?
Interrogators seem fascinated by our neighbors across the Hudson River.
View ArticleSuspect in J.F.K. Bomb Plot Is Accused of Spying for Iran
Taking the stand in his own defense, a former government official in Guyana is accused of being a spy for Iran.
View ArticleIn Times Sq., Reminders of an American Missing in Iran
To coincide with the Iranian president's visit to the United Nations, a billboard in Times Square and displays in subway stations have started showing a picture of a former F.B.I. agent who disappeared...
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