On November 2, the Empire State Building was lit up in blue to mark the 250th anniversary of Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. The institution was the first medical school in New York State and the second in the American colonies upon its founding in 1767.
Charters and Statutes, the University’s administrative rulebook, outlines the duties and responsibilities of the office
She succeeds the initiative’s founding director, Tom Maniatis
She leads the institute alongside founding codirector Richard Axel