Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
The Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) is the Earth Science research center of Columbia University. It focuses on climate and earth sciences and is located on a 189-acre campus in Palisades, New York, 18 miles (29 km) north of Manhattan on the Hudson River.
Entrance to Columbia University's Lamont Campus on Rt. 9W in Palisades, N.Y.
The Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Laboratory Building, home of the Geochemistry Division at the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
R/V Marcus G. Langseth, operated by the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
LDEO scientist Robin Bell at her computer showing a mountain range found under the Antarctic ice.
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private, Ivy League, research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States and is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Samuel Johnson, the first president of Columbia
King's College Hall in 1790
Low Memorial Library, c. 1900
Alma Mater, by Daniel Chester French (1903)
