Labor leader Denis Hughes was named chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank's board of directors Monday, Fed officials said. The Federal Reserve System's board of governors announced in a release Hughes would serve in the position for the remainder of 2009.

Demonstrators at New York's Columbia University Wednesday protested the placing of a noose on the office door of a black professor. Author and psychologist Madonna Constantine, 44, found the rope Tuesday morning at her office at Columbia's Teachers College, The New York Post reported.

By Editorial Board Editorial Board Washington Square News ( NYU ) (U-WIRE) NEW YORK -- Controversial Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the students and faculty of Columbia University yesterday at the annual School of International Affairs World Leaders Forum.

By Jerry Zremski Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday attempted a goodwill tour of the nation's media capitals, speaking by videoconference at the National Press Club in Washington and in person at Columbia University in New York City.

In our view The best way to dismiss criticism is to answer critics directly; to use their very accusations against them. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given that rare opportunity Monday when he spoke at Columbia University.