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...This is a major contribution," says Dr. Peter Cohen, a Georgetown University law professor and physician who heads up the District of Columbia Medical Society's physician health committee, which works to rehabilitate drug-addicted doctors. "Addiction is a medical problem that needs to be treated as a medical problem...
...press time, the CRP reported that Stanford employees had donated $173,036; Columbia employees had donated $163,558; Georgetown employees had donated $131,940; and Yale employees had donated...
Despite its large benefits package, Columbia has also faced opposition from community groups as it lobbied New York for approval of its plan. Columbia says it will not use the power of eminent domain on residential properties but reserves the right to request the state to consider using eminent domain on commercial properties...
Mattison claimed that Columbia is making a more tangible investment in the community than Harvard is in its expansion. He said that the secondary school to be built by Columbia will enroll an equal number of children who live in the community and children whose parents are affiliated with Columbia. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] He also pointed out that Columbia’s Web site offers an explanation of the expansion in both English and Spanish, while Harvard’s does not. According to a 2007 survey by the Boston Public Health Commission, 8.5 percent of Allston/Brighton residents speak Spanish...
...Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION: The Jan. 3 news article "Columbia Expansion Approved in NYC" incorrectly stated that Columbia University would build a secondary school that would enroll an equal number of community children and children of Columbia affiliates. In fact, the university has committed to help build a secondary school for math, science, and engineering as part of its expansion into Harlem, but it will not determine which students are admitted...