1912

1912 in Columbia history:

• September 25: the Journalism School holds its first classes, with 78 students in attendance
• William H. Carpenter becomes the first to claim the office of Provost since 1816
• George Edmund Haynes is the first African-American to receive a Columbia PhD. His disseratation was titled "The Negro at Work in New York City"
• The Albert Marion Elsberg Prize for modern history is created
• The Trustees get around to legally renaming the institution a "university"

Preceded by 1911

History of Columbia University  1912

Succeeded by 1913