2003
2003 in Columbia history:
- Alan Brinkley succeeds Jonathan Cole as Provost
- Six Milks and Two Left Feet merge to form improv comedy group Fruit Paunch
- Columbia gives up management of Biosphere 2
- Philosophy Hall declared a National Historic Landmark
Spring
- March: Iraq War Protest and Counter-Protests erupt
- March 26: Anthropology prof Nicholas De Genova states at a teach-in that he wishes "a million Mogadishus" upon U.S. troops
- Miklos Vasarhelyi elected President of CCSC
- George Stephanopoulos speaks at Columbia College Class Day
Summer
- University President Bollinger announces plans for the Manhattanville expansion
- SEASCommunity, the forerunner of CUCommunity, later CampusNetwork, is launched
Fall
- September 25: Edward Said dies
- Vladimir Putin (President of Russia) and Hamid Karzai (President of Afghanistan) among the prominent figures gracing campus with their snipers during the first annual World Leaders Forum
- First Midnight Mania held
- Orgo Night flyers and script controversial for being racist and offensive
| Preceded by 2002 |
History of Columbia University 2003 |
Succeeded by 2004 |
