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The Solitude of Invention
Home alone with the novelist who calls himself Paul Auster.
by Stacey Kors
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The Brain Trust
Columbia’s Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative is probing the final frontier: the space between our ears.
by David J. Craig
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Tennessee Rose
Country-music artist Laura Cantrell is going back to the roots — her own.
by Paul Hond
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Walking the Walk
After ten years on the job, President Lee C. Bollinger talks about Columbia’s future.
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College Walk

Freshman Orientation

Freshman Orientation

For a raft of Columbia newcomers, it’s sink or swim

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Stormy Someday
Space Avengers
Burgers and Ballots
The Deal

Bulletin

NYC awards Columbia $15 million for new data-science institute

NYC awards Columbia $15 million for new data-science institute

New data-crunching institute planned

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Frank Lloyd Wright papers coming to Avery
Sreenivasan named University’s first chief digital officer
Safwan Masri brings added managerial discipline to Global Centers
Mailman School introduces new broad-based curriculum
B-school alumni giving big for school's new home
Sonnets on the barrio

Network

Caryn Davies

CARYN DAVIES

High Prizes

GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAK

Coming Home

SARAH KRAMER ’03JRN

Explorations

Genetic fusion linked to brain cancer

Genetic fusion linked to brain cancer

Black-hole hunter

Black-hole hunter

Books

Do You Believe in Magic?

Do You Believe in Magic?

Daniel Asa Rose reviews “Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind” by Alex Stone

The Long Run
Of the 1%, for the 1%
Plainsongs
Joyful Noise
BOOKTALK: Cinema Purgatorio

Finals

House of Mirth

House of Mirth

David Rakoff at Lit Night, April 25, 2012

University Newsfeed

Football Practice Returns to South Lawn
5 Questions: Peacebuilding in Congo with Political Scientist Séverine Autesserre
Handheld Diagnostics

Should incarcerated people have access to college classes while in prison?

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