Government and Community Affairs Redesigned Site Launches
Columbia University's Government and Community Affairs office works to ensure that Columbia's interactions with the government and the surrounding communities are sound, well informed, and mutually beneficial. Their redesigned Web site, built by Columbia DKV, offers information on program and development initiatives, university relations, and also provides a recent news and events section. The site was built in HyperContent by Columbia Web Services. View site

Tenement Museum's ImMigrant Heritage Trail
Columbia University DKV created a prototype Web site for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum's ImMigrant Heritage Trails project. The goal of the project is to create a site that maps data for all the neighborhoods of New York City and that will help users explore the history of immigration to America, plan a trip to New York, or develop a lesson for a class. The prototype site allows the museum to test the concept with focus groups. Only some of the mapping coordinates are fully functional at this time. View site

Queens County Farm Museum Redesigned Web Site
With a history dating back to 1697, the Queens County Farm Museum occupies New York City's largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland and is the only working historical farm in the city. The site includes historic farm buildings, a greenhouse complex, livestock, farm vehicles and implements, planting fields, an orchard, and a herb garden. Columbia DKV redesigned and built the Queens County Farm Web site, with new features such as updated art design, streamlined navigation, an events calendar, and a slideshow of farm photos. Forthcoming site features include an online store, where visitors can purchase wine and honey made right on this farm in the heart of Queens. View site

Basic and Clinical Neurosciences Online Version Launches
In the academic year 2005–2006, the College of Physicians and Surgeons offered the 28th annual postgraduate review course, Basic and Clinical Neurosciences. This 13-week, 39-hour course provides a comprehensive and concise review of the neurosciences with special emphasis on recent and important developments in the field. Topics include basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, neurochemistry, and neurogenetics. The course organizing committee received a grant from the Lundbeck Corporation to commission Columbia DKV to develop and build the online version of the course as a resource to the field. For each of the 39 lectures, DKV developed enhanced content specially commissioned for the site: chapterized video, detailed synopses, speaker biographies, edited and chapterized transcripts (both in HTML and PDF formats), and slideshows of the lecture slides. View site

Society of American Historians Launches New Web Site
Dedicated to promoting literary distinction in the writing of history and biography, the Society of American Historians pursues its mission by awarding prizes, promoting historical studies and interests, and cooperating with publishers and other institutions engaged in furthering these aims. Their new Web site, designed and developed by Columbia DKV, presents information on the society, its prizes, publications, and events, along with additional content for members only. View site

The Slender Thread
In June, Columbia DKV launched the second new title of the Gutenberg-e program, The Slender Thread: Irish Women on the Southern Avalon, 1750–1860, by Willeen Keough. Through astonishing detective work in memoirs, newspapers, court and land records, among other sources, Keough reconstructs the world of early settlement in Canada's Maritime Provinces and demonstrates, in painstaking detail, the importance of women to that experience. With passionate commitment, she excavates the lives of hard-working women and centers their role as community builders in fishing villages on the coast of the Southern Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. View site

A New Web Site for the Administrative Policy Library
The Administrative Policy Library is a repository for policies administered by selected departments, including those reporting to the senior executive vice president. The Web site, which allows visitors to search through these policies, was built by Columbia DKV. View site

The Next Generation Project
The Next Generation Project is premised on the belief that new voices and fresh ideas strengthen the nation's discussion of U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions. Columbia DKV was commissioned to build a site that both provides information about the project to the general public and allows project participants to collaborate online. The Web site was built using Mambo, an open-source content management system. View site

Harlem Hospital WPA Murals Web Site Launches
Columbia DKV developed and designed the new Harlem Hospital WPA Murals Web site with support from Columbia's Institute for Research in African-American Studies and the Office of Government and Community Affairs in partnership with Harlem Hospital. This site explores the creation of one of the most significant collections of African American paintings in New York City. It includes six short videos featuring archival footage and commentary from historians, art historians, conservators, and the last living muralist, Georgette Seabrooke Powell. Also featured are slideshows presenting archival documents, artist biographies, and DKV's detailed photographs of these beautiful works of art, which are currently undergoing restoration. View site

Healthy Monday Initiative
The Healthy Monday Initiative is a project of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. It is composed of leaders in the field of public health who are dedicated to improving the health of Americans by providing a framework aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality associated with the four leading causes of preventable disease in the United States: poor diet, inactivity, smoking, and alcohol misuse. This Web site, built by Columbia DKV, promotes Healthy Monday as an opportunity for all entities involved with health programs, products, or services, as well as organizations advocating healthy behavior to use this all-important first day of the week for their own purposes. View site

A Tender Age
In March 2006, Columbia DKV took over production of the Gutenberg-e program—a collaborative effort between the American Historical Association and Columbia University Press that advances the electronic publication of scholarly writing. Each Gutenberg-e manuscript is developed into a multimedia resource offering elements that cannot be conveyed in print: one-click cross-indexing, images, music, video, and hyperlinks to related Web sites. In May, DKV launched the first new Gutenberg-e title since 2005, "A Tender Age": Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centurie, by William F. MacLehose. MacLehose elevates the study of medieval childhood to a new level by examining discourses that express anxieties about children and their susceptibility to external threats. View site

March–April 2006

The Shield Institute's Improved Site
The Shield Institute is a nonprofit human-service organization that focuses on the education and support of New Yorkers with developmental disabilities. Columbia DKV redesigned their Web site to include a "What's New" feature, links that prominently display programs and services for adults and children, media coverage, and Pure Vision Arts, an art studio and exhibition space for people with developmental disabilities. View site

Pure Vision Arts, New York's First Specialized Online Art Gallery for People with Developmental Disabilities
Founded by The Shield Institute in 2002, Pure Vision Arts is New York's first specialized art studio and exhibition space for people with developmental disabilities. The new Web site, created by DKV, provides the artists with a virtual space to display their personal stories, art, and exhibition history. DKV also added e-commerce functionality to the site, enabling the user to make donations and shop in the online gallery. View site

DKV to Build Frontiers of Science Web Site
Columbia Professor Darcy Kelley has been awarded $500,000 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institution in support of her work to improve undergraduate science education. Frontiers of Science, a required class for all Columbia freshman students, teaches the essential skills needed for the critical evaluation of scientific findings. In collaboration with DKV, Professor Kelley and the DKV staff will create Frontiers of Science Online, a Web site to help disseminate the program resources globally. The planned online resources will include lectures (video and podcasts), problem sets, suggested experiments, teaching instructions, and background readings. The Web site will be similar to DKV's award-winning title, Columbia American History Online (CAHO). View demo site

The College of Physicians and Surgeons Alumni Site
The College of Physicians and Surgeons connects alumni across the globe through their newly updated Web site. The site allows graduates to search the alumni directory to find colleagues, make a donation, obtain reunion information, and keep abreast of P&S news, to name a few. Columbia DKV updated the design and functionality of the site. View site

The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Newly Revised Site
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), serving almost 1,200 students and 13,000 alumni from 100 different countries, commissioned Columbia DKV to revamp the architecture and functionality of its site in order to create greater design unity and a more satisfying experience for the user. The newly revised site allows students, faculty and staff, alumni, and prospective employers to easily find information relevant to their particular needs. Information on news and events, resources and services, academics, and institutes and centers is now only a click away. View site

Notable New Yorkers Web Site Launches
The Columbia University Libraries Oral History Research Office and the Libraries' Digital Program Division worked with Columbia DKV to create Notable New Yorkers. This innovative Web site presents ten classic oral histories, conducted by CU's Oral History Research Office over the last fifty years, of public figures associated with New York City. Features include extensive audio recordings of interview sessions, searchable transcripts, profiles and photographs of each interviewee, and contextual essays by former Oral History Research Office director Ronald Grele. Interviewees include publisher, television personality, and humorist Bennett Cerf; Roosevelt cabinet member Frances Perkins; social psychologists Kenneth Clark and Mamie Clark; labor activist Moe Foner; Mayor Edward Koch; and others. View site

January–February 2006

2006 NAFTA Seminar’s Companion Web Site
The Columbia Law School’s International Programs 2006 NAFTA Seminar, taught in conjunction with two other universities—McGill University (Canada) and ITAM (Mexico)—uses video-based conferencing to connect its classrooms. To meet the law school’s need for a companion Web site and collaborative environment, Columbia DKV licensed and customized a commercial application called JotSpot. This software allows different groups of students to collaborate online via discussion forums and shared work spaces. By customizing an off-the-shelf solution rather than building a new one, DKV was able to provide a cost-effective, full-featured collaborative environment.

Mechanical-Engineering Site Launched, First in a Series of Nine
Designed by Columbia DKV, the mechanical-engineering site is the first in a series of nine sites launched by the School of Engineering and Applied Science. It provides important program information and also includes such features as a video index, directory, a careers section, and more. Upon completion, all nine Web sites will have a similar structure to create consistency across the departments but each will use its own banner images and color schemes. These Web sites will allow the faculty and staff to easily update their information for their department and the students can easily navigate the interface. The remaining eight sites will be designed by DKV as well and launched over the course of this year. View site

Customized Google Map for the School Search Service
At the request of the Columbia School Search Service, DKV customized a Google map to assist current faculty and faculty candidates with schooling needs for young children. This map, centered over Manhattan, offers a number of features to users, including school name, contact information, grade level, and school type, to name a few. Some of these tools are being offered exclusively to the Columbia community and require a University ID (UNI) to access, while others are open to everyone. View site

November–December 2005

Ling long
Ling long women's magazine, published in Shanghai from 1931 to 1937, was popular during a time of dramatic, social, material, and political change in China. This site features Columbia University's collection of the magazine, one of the most complete holdings outside China. Working with the Columbia libraries, DKV helped to design and build a site allowing for easier navigation through the digitized collection. View site

Motor Neuron Center
Columbia's Motor Neuron Center will transform our understanding of human health. In collaboration with Columbia University's Center for Neuroscience Initiatives (CNI), Columbia DKV built the companion Web site, providing the scientists with a platform to post events, share news, advertise meetings, announce seminars, job listings, and more. View site

Encyclopedia of New York City
The New-York Historical Society is preparing a second edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City, edited by Columbia professor Kenneth T. Jackson. Columbia DKV has designed a Web site to help collect additional information for the update, promote the book, and invite people to comment on particular essays. View site

September-October 2005

CUArts.com Debuts
CUArts.com is the CU Arts Initiative's student guide to the arts on campus, in the neighborhood, and around town. The site features a comprehensive campus arts calendar, information on a wide range of arts resources and opportunities, and a bulletin board for student dialogue and commentary on the arts. View site

New and Improved World Leaders Forum Site
Working with the Office of the President, Public Affairs Office, and Columbia College, Columbia DKV relaunched a significantly expanded World Leaders Forum Web site. The forum is an annual university-wide initiative that reflects President Lee C. Bollinger's vision of the University as a center for public debate on critical global issues. Throughout the yearlong series of events, Columbia's students, faculty, and alumni, along with influential members of the wider New York City community gather to hear from and engage in an open dialogue with the distinguished world leaders. View site

Bioterrorism Site Explores Moral and Logistical Challenges
In the Balance, a new television series produced by the Fred Friendly Seminars, premiers September 2005 on PBS. Columbia DKV produced the companion Web sites for the first two programs, "BioAttack" and "City Under Siege," which explore the moral and logistical challenges raised in the fight against terrorism. The sites feature original content, which aims to enrich the users' understanding of the themes developed in the programs through interactive scenarios. View site

May–June 2005

Touch-screen Kiosks for the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
At the request of the Office of the Provost, Columbia DKV designed and executed the content and presentation for three extensive multimedia kiosks installed at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. Incorporating touch-screen technology, the standalone computer terminals allow visitors to explore archival video, family photos, and personal correspondence of Malcolm X and his wife, Dr. Betty Shabazz—presented in the context of interpretive interviews conducted with scholars and contemporaries. The center, which opens in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem this summer, is the only place of its kind in the world, where citizens and scholars alike can come to learn about the lives and work of two important social leaders of the twentieth century. View site

E-learning Site with Architectural Historian Andrew Dolkart
Over the past few years, Columbia DKV has worked with Professor Andrew Dolkart to transform his research into a vibrant online resource, "The Architecture and Development of New York City." In June the site was augmented with a section on "The Public Realm," covering civic and cultural buildings including borough halls, courthouses, museums, concert halls, and Central Park. The site, which the Webby Awards named "Webby Worthy," is freely accessible to all New Yorkers and other fans of the Big Apple. View site

March–April 2005

Webby Awards Honors Three Columbia DKV Sites
The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for Web sites, recognized three sites produced by Columbia DKV as "Webby Worthy," a distinction made for the first time this year to recognize sites exhibiting remarkable achievement. Hailed as the "Online Oscars" by Time Magazine, The Webby Awards are determined by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. DKV’s honored sites are: The Architecture and Development of New York City, Randolph Bourne’s America, and China and Europe, 1500-2000 and Beyond: What is Modern? DKV co-produced a fourth Webby Worthy site with the design firm Edelman: Columbia 250, marking the University's anniversary. View site

Marketing Site for U.S. Premiere of Tierno Bokar at Columbia
The Columbia University Arts Initiative is an unprecedented attempt to use the resources of a great university to enliven the arts on campus, to connect the university to New York City, to provide support for art that would not otherwise thrive, and to help prepare a new generation of artists. As part of this initiative, renowned director Peter Brook and his company, the International Center of Theatre Creation (CICT), will mount the U.S. premiere of Tierno Bokar, a theatrical exploration of the power of tolerance. To help build advance publicity for this important event, which starts March 30, 2004, Columbia DKV designed an online brochure that provides information about the performances and related symposia. View site

January–February 2005

New Online Community for All Columbia Alums
The Office of University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) sought to create a Web site that would help maintain ties between the university and alumni of Columbia's 16 schools. To help UDAR accomplish this goal, Columbia DKV created an original structure for the site based on actions alumni could take, such as "access," "learn," and "visit." DKV proposed branding the site as "Columbia Connection: the Web site for all alumni of Columbia University," to reinforce ties among alumni and between alumni and the university. View site

Video and Web Production Services for Columbia Community Service
Columbia Community Service, Inc., is a non-profit organization that supports hot meals for the hungry, care for the elderly, substance-abuse treatment, and job training for unemployed and underemployed people in the community. Columbia University and its affiliates cover all administrative expenses of the annual appeal. This year Columbia DKV provided free video and Web production services to CCS—interviewing past recipients of CCS grants and posting clips and photographs on a new Web site designed to foster giving. View site

November–December 2004

Online Archive of Executive Compensation Symposium at Columbia Law School
In their book Pay Without Performance, Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried argue that boards of directors systematically fail to negotiate at arms-length with CEOs, leading to executive compensation arrangements that disserve shareholder interests. Using the book's publication as a springboard, Professor Jeffrey N. Gordon of the Center for Law and Economics organized a conference at Columbia Law School in which three of Columbia's deans participated: David Schizer (Law), Glenn Hubbard (Business), and Nicholas Lemann (Journalism). Columbia DKV captured the day-long event on digital video and developed a Web site to showcase the presentations and panel discussions—for viewing by other academic and business leaders. View site

E-resources and Archive for Conference on Randolph Bourne
Born in 1886, Randolph Bourne established himself as an essayist on topics that were not yet part of the national discussion, including disability, multiculturalism, and the rationale against war. Bourne's work influenced major intellectual developments of the 20th century, but his name is relatively unknown. On October 11, scholars and journalists from around the country gathered at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism for "Randolph Bourne's America," consisting of panels and discussions open to the general public. Columbia DKV designed and developed the online archive for the conference, which includes some of Bourne's most important essays. View site

New Approach to Web Site for Division of Infectious Diseases
The overall mission of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) is to provide the highest-quality clinical care, teaching, and research in the best academic tradition. Working closely with CUMC staff, Columbia DKV designed a new Web site that describes the multifaceted aspects of the division and provides instructions for how to contact the appropriate personnel for patient care, clinical research, or fellowship-training opportunities. View site

September–October 2004

Re:NEW--Frontiers in Creativity Symposia on C250 site
Representing some of the finest new-media performance art in the world today, Columbia artists presented new pieces followed by responses from a panel of leading critics. To complement these ephemeral experiences, DKV created a site that includes background information on the artists, their homepages, an interview with "cyber troubadour" Terry Pender, and introductory remarks by the director of the Computer Music Center, Brad Garton. View site

E-learning Feature: James Joyce's Ulysses
Joyce's original, experimental, and highly energized way of presenting narrative material is often overwhelming to first-time readers of Ulysses. Recognizing and identifying Joyce's distinct narrative modes—third-person, sounded, interior, and fourth-estate narration—is crucial to understanding and enjoying Ulysses. Using video and text, Professor Michael Seidel collaborated with DKV to create "An Adventure with Words: James Joyce's Ulysses"—a sort of primer on the famous work. View site

Registration and Archive for the World Leaders Forum
Last week hundreds of faculty, staff, and invited guests attended the second annual "World Leaders Forum" at Columbia University, sponsored by the Office of Presidential Events. DKV designed the event's Web site to house a pre-event registration system and post-event video archive. View site

Improved Web Site for Society of Fellows in the Humanities
The Society of Fellows in the Humanities, one of the oldest and most established postdoctoral fellowship programs in the United States, launched a new Web site designed by DKV to provide better access to information about the Society's events and members. View site

Overhaul of Columbia Athletics Web Site
Over the summer, Columbia Athletics launched a new "Home of the Lions" Web site designed by DKV. By the end of August, the site had climbed to third in page views for Ivy-League athletics sites. View site

June-July 2004

Online Directory for SIPA Alumni
The School of International and Public Affairs has more than 10,000 alumni living in more than 143 countries around the world. To help them keep in touch, Columbia DKV developed "SIPA Global Connection", a password-protected online directory. Alumni can now log in to update personal contact information, share family and career news, or search for classmates by name, employer, year, country, or degree program. View site

Harlem History Feature on C250 Site
Through "Harlem History," a section of the C250 Web site, the University Office of Development and Alumni Relations and DKV presented a wealth of archival treasures and scholarship from Columbia about the history of one of the world's most famous and influential neighborhoods. View site

New Web Site for Columbia-Rockefeller Center for Aids Research
The Columbia-Rockefeller Center for Aids Research launched a new informational Web site developed by DKV. View site

First Web Site for Alumni of School of Library Service
Columbia Libraries worked with DKV to develop a community site for alumni of the School for Library Science, which closed in 1992. View site

Redesign of Department of Economics Web Site
The Department of Economics adopted a more sophisticated online presence with the launch of its new, DKV-designed Web site. View site

Online Companion to Frontiers of Science Course
The faculty of Columbia College's new "Frontiers of Science" demo course joined with DKV to make available via the Web the innovative and original materials developed for the course. The goal is to bring this knowledge to an off-campus audience of teachers and students. View site

Brain and Mind Symposium on C250 Site
DKV posted video and transcripts from the "Brain and Mind Symposium" to the C250 Web site, which DKV manages with the Office of University Development and Alumni Relations. View site