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About Columbia University
Columbia University New York, more commonly referred to as Columbia University or simply Columbia, is a private university located in New York City, which is the most populous city in USA, having a population estimated at a number of more than 8 million inhabitants, during the 2008 census. Its metropolitan area, called appropriately New York metropolitan area, is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York is often called New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the state of New York, of which it is a part.
Columbia was founded and chartered in 1754, first starting as King's College, and it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state of New York. The institution remained known as King's College, until 1784, after the American Revolutionary War, becoming Columbia College, which, in 1896, became Columbia University, the name by which the university is known today.
Since it first opened its doors to students, Columbia has continuously grown, and has become one of the most prestigious universities in the States and one of New York state's best higher education institutions. Its student enrollment has been approximated at a total number of more than 26 000 students, of which, more than 17 000 are postgraduates, for the quality education offered, the university being highly ranked by various significant publications, U.S. News & World Report naming its undergraduate schools 8th overall and 6th in selectivity among national universities, Columbia also being ranked 11th among world universities and 7th in America in the 2009 THES - QS World University Rankings.
Athletics
Columbia's athletic teams are known as the Columbia Lions, who compete in 29 varsity sports, in NCAA Division I FCS, Ivy League, the university's wrestling team being the oldest in the nation, and the football team being the third to join intercollegiate play. Most recently, the Columbia Lions have excelled at archery, cross country, swimming, fencing and wrestling, in 2000, Olympic gold medal swimmer Cristina Teuscher becoming the first Ivy League student to win the Honda-Broderick Cup, awarded to the best collegiate woman athlete in the nation, while, in 2005, Caroline Bierbaum, Women's Cross Country/Track and Field, won the Honda award for Cross Country following a third-place finish at the NCAA meet and five All-American selections in Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track.
The distinctive colors of the Columbia Lions are Columbia blue and white, and their mascot is a lion named Roar-ee.
Notable Alumni
Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable Columbia alumni, there are: Barack Obama, President of the United States, Nobel Laureate, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justices Harlan Fiske Stone and Charles Evans Hughes, John L. O'Sullivan, the journalist who coined the phrase ''manifest destiny'', Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the President of Estonia, Alexander Hamilton, Columbia's progenitor, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Nobel Laureate, John Jay, Founding Father, diplomat and First Chief Justice of the United States, Academy Award-nominated actors Ed Harris and Jake Gyllenhaal, Grammy Award-winning R&B singers Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys, and many others.
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