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AROUND THE QUADSCAMPUS NEWSCLASS DAY: Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) is scheduled to be the 2006 Class Day speaker. McCain, who has been a senator since 1986 and is a possible 2008 Presidential candidate, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a member of the Armed Services Committee and the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. One of his seven children, Megan, is a College junior. RENAMED: The Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, founded in 1950, has been renamed the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, signifying its expanded role. The institute now can participate in joint appointments with other departments, creating additional opportunities to connect Israeli and Jewish studies with other areas of University study. It also will sponsor educational and cultural programs and activities at Columbia. Also, the Krueger Family Visiting Professorships were created by Harvey Krueger ’51, ’53L, vice chairman of Lehman Brothers, and his wife, Constance Alexander Krueger ’53 Barnard, a Barnard trustee. Anita Shapira of Tel Aviv University and Amnon Rubinstein, dean of the School of Law at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliyah, Israel, will join Columbia as the first Krueger Family visiting professors in the spring semesters of 2007 and 2008, respectively. GRANTED: The Double Discovery Center has received a grant of more than $150,000 from the Robin Hood Foundation, its highest pledge of support as well as DDC’s highest private donation. The grant will support DDC’s Talent Search program, which provides low-income, first-generation, college-bound youth with college preparatory workshops and financial aid guidance. It also will support DDC’s alumni tracking efforts and its social-work consultant. Founded in 1965, DDC serves more than 1,000 New York City youths yearly with educational, cultural and personal-development programming designed to ensure their successful graduation from high school and enrollment in college. The Robin Hood Foundation “targets poverty in New York City by finding and funding the best community-based groups and partnering with them to maximize results” (www.robinhood.org). TRANSITION: Dr. Lee Goldman has been appointed executive vice president for Health and Biomedical Sciences and dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine, President Lee C. Bollinger announced on April 10. Goldman will hold dual appointments as professor of medicine at P&S and professor of epidemiology in the Mailman School of Public Health, joining Columbia in late June. A cardiologist by training, Goldman received his undergraduate, medical and M.P.H. degrees at Yale. He is recognized internationally as an expert in health outcomes research and public health and currently serves as the Julius R. Krevans Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine, where he chairs the Department of Medicine. His research has focused on the costs and effectiveness of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, with emphasis on how care delivery can be improved based on rigorous clinical assessment using the latest analytical methods. Goldman succeeds renowned neurobiologist Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, who last year announced his plans to step down in order to focus on neuroscience research.
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