Columbia U. Snares NYU's Robin D.G. Kelley; Louis Caldera Will Lead U. of New Mexico; NYU's Business School Adds a Professor

UPTOWN BOUND: Robin D.G. Kelley, a noted professor of history and Africana studies, will leave New York University this fall for Columbia University. His decision ends a long campaign to bring him there by Manning Marable, the director of Columbia's Institute for Research in African-American Studies and a professor of history, political science, and public affairs.

"We stole him away," says Mr. Marable gleefully. "I've wanted to recruit Robin ever since I came to Columbia to establish

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