Word: columbia
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...York Presbyterian Healthcare System, product of the newly merged Columbia Presbyterian and New York-Cornell hospitals in Manhattan, is the very model of a modern medical establishment. Formed in January 1998, it brought together more than 25 health institutions and merged their operations to achieve economies of scale. The company has spent a cool $100 million just installing new computers in its facilities to get state-of-the-art performance--and cost-saving efficiencies. Has the network got its money's worth? That, says senior vice president Guy Scalzi, is not always easy to calculate...
...Volleyball at Columbia...
Unquestionably, Harvard has seen steady improvement as the season has progressed. Since the opening day debacle at Columbia, the Crimson played increasingly better in losses to Colgate and Lehigh. In fact, after the first quarter-and-a-half of football last Saturday, it seemed as if Harvard was poised to win its home opener against undefeated Lehigh...
Business Week calculates its rankings by surveying two important groups: business school graduates and corporate recruiters. For 1998, Harvard ranked sixth among recruiters but 13th among grads. Business programs at Columbia, Duke, Cornell, Stanford and Dartmouth round out Business Week...
Seeger now thinks that if he did it over again, he'd study anthropology instead of sociology--or forget Cambridge entirely and head to Columbia's School of Journalism. He's none too enamored of Harvard. When he asked one professor, "Do you really have to use so many long words?" the professor responded, "Well, you have to impress people." His one contact with the administration came late one night. As a freshman, Seeger roomed above the Union dining hall where he worked. He was sitting by his window, playing a small Chinese flute when a policeman arrived and told...