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Week of September 14, 2015

The Future of NIH Funding

 
Some relief may be in sight for the research community after years of lean NIH budgets, says Ross Frommer, Government & Community Affairs. 
 

Painting Connects Two Vets

 
A P&S faculty member and a public safety officer discover their shared history through the CUMC Art Show.
 

Researchers Explain Parkinson's Complication 


P&S researchers have discovered why a Parkinson’s disease treatment often causes movement problems as debilitating as the disease itself. 

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Online Book Club with a Purpose

 
The Mailman School’s nonpartisan think tank NCCP hosts an online book club focused on what can be done to combat child poverty.

CUMC in the News

 
Washington Post | 9/11/15

 
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Photo of the Week

Jocelyn Taveras-Collado, Medicine, submitted this photo of the Columbia "C" facing Inwood Hill Park.

The letter was originally painted by P&S student and Columbia crew player Robert Prendergast '54. Members of the crew team periodically repainted it until 1987.


Submit a photo of the week by email and find more community photos on our Instagram feed @ColumbiaMed.

Featured Events

 
Rally for Medical Research on Capitol Hill
9/17/15, Washington, D.C.
Email Government & Community Affairs for details.

Ride Your Bike to Campus Day
Free bike tune-ups, discount computer and bike locks, electronics engraving.
9/17/15, outside Black Building, 650 W. 168th St.

 
Andrew D. Hyman Memorial Lecture with Former HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala 
“Universal Healthcare: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?”
10/15/15, 4 p.m., Alumni Auditorium, 650 W. 168th St., First Floor

 
Frontiers in Diabetes: Can Diabetes Be Cured?
11/14/15, 8 a.m.– 4:25 p.m.
Russ Berrie Pavilion, Rooms 1 & 2
 

Announcements

 
After-hours construction activity, including drilling, will take place on the lobby level of the Hammer Health Sciences Center from 8 p.m. until 4 a.m. on Sept. 14 and 15. READ MORE 
 
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