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CUMC State of Mind

Winter 2017-18
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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.

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