U.S. scientists say they've used a new mathematical model of heart cells to show how activation of an enzyme disrupts the electrical activity of heart cells. Full Article at The Post Chronicle

Columbia University Press is pleased to announce that Gutenberg-e is now an open access site. Full Article at ResourceShelf

First proposed in 1966 and named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, the Cloward-Piven Strategy seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureau­cracy with a flood of... Full Article at Vail Daily

Worldfocus recently spoke with Scott Barrett, a professor of natural resource economics at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs & Earth Institute. Full Article at Thirteen NY Public Television

Why the United States? Full Article at Associated Content

The professional association for physicists is facing internal pressure from some of its most distinguished members, who say the burgeoning ClimateGate scandal means the group should rescind its 2007 statement declaring that global warming represents... Full Article at Climate Realists

Mary Mundinger doesn’t look like a controversial figure. Full Article at New York Observer

Columbia University Press is pleased to announce that Gutenberg-e is now an open access site. Full Article at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/08/09 -- Therasis, Inc. , a newly founded oncology drug discovery company, has secured $12 million in a Series A financing from Tilocor Life Science. Full Article at Street Insider

The professional association for physicists is facing internal pressure from some of its most distinguished members, who say the burgeoning ClimateGate scandal means the group should rescind its 2007 statement declaring that global warming represents... Full Article at CBS News

When C. Burleigh Wellington and his wife, Jean, enrolled in doctoral programs at Columbia University in the late 1940s, married couples were not a common sight in the classroom or campus library. Full Article at Boston Globe

A New York appellate court last week harshly rejected the state's effort to take property from businesses in upper Manhattan and give it to Columbia University for its campus expansion, calling it a "scheme" hatched by the university and the state and... Full Article at No Land Grab

Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology at Columbia University Medical Center, remembers the last flu pandemic, which occurred in 1968. Full Article at MediaShift: Idea Lab

Oracle will go before the European Commission on Thursday to argue that it should be permitted to continue with its $5.6 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Full Article at TechWeb

Joe Stiglitz, Columbia University economist and Nobel Prize winner, had his people ship us a copy of his forthcoming book, “Freefall,” due out from W.W. Norton in January. Full Article at Barron's Online

NEW YORK - The Pulitzer Prize Board has elected its first member representing a primarily online news organization. Columbia University announced Monday that Jim VandeHei will join the board. He's the executive editor and co-founder of Politico. Full Article at Canoe

The Pulitzer Prize Board has elected its first member representing a primarily online news organization. Columbia University announced Monday that Jim VandeHei (VAN'-duh-hye) will join the board. Full Article at The Seattle Times

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS (WABC) -- Dorm living is a way of life for most college students. Full Article at 7Online.com

Staff writer, CSMonitor (AXcess News) Istanbul, Turkey - In Iran, riot police clashed with thousands of protesters Monday in the latest round of demonstrations, which took place despite a concerted six-month effort by Iran's security services to stamp... Full Article at AXcess News