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The Debate Over Animal Testing
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Books

The Debate Over Animal Testing

In Lab Dog, Melanie D.G. Kaplan ’02JRN delves into the history, ethics, and future of experimenting on animals

The Beginner’s Guide to Day of the Dead
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Books

The Beginner’s Guide to Day of the Dead

Luisa Navarro ’13JRN, author of Mexico’s Day of the Dead, explains the history and meaning behind a frequently misunderstood holiday

Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia
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Arts & Humanities

Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia

In 1972, film-studies professor Stefan Sharff brought his idol Alfred Hitchcock to campus to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters

10 Lesser-known Artworks and Artifacts on the Columbia Campus
Images of hidden artifacts around Columbia
On Campus

10 Lesser-known Artworks and Artifacts on the Columbia Campus

From sculptures to stained glass, here are ten notable artworks you might not know about

Columbians in the news

Karen Russell '06SOA, Gabrielle Calvocoressi '00SOA, and Kyle Lukoff '06BC nominated for 2025 National Book Awards

Journalism dean Jelani Cobb publishes essay collection, Three or More Is a Riot

Columbia Climate School professor Kristina G. Douglass receives 2025 MacArthur fellowship

Investment-technology company Addigence, cofounded by Kenton Kilmer '20GS, wins New Solution Product of the Year prize at Hedgeweek US Awards 2025

Journalist Bari Weiss '07CC, cofounder of The Free Press, named editor in chief at CBS News

Aimee Ng '12GSAS promoted to chief curator at the Frick Collection 

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25 Columbia Ideas and Innovations that Changed the World
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Science & Technology

25 Columbia Ideas and Innovations that Changed the World

From antibiotics to blood banks, radio waves to video calls, we spotlight the biggest scientific breakthroughs in medicine, technology, and more

The Search for a Universal Snakebite Treatment
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Health & Medicine

The Search for a Universal Snakebite Treatment

With the help of a Wisconsin reptile enthusiast, Columbia scientists are looking to develop an antivenom that works on all types of snake poison

A Brief History of Science Funding
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Science & Technology

A Brief History of Science Funding

Universities have come to rely on federal funding to support scientific and medical research. How did we get here?

Why US Cities Are Sinking
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Science & Technology

Why US Cities Are Sinking

New research reveals the toll of massive groundwater extraction in cities from Houston to New York

Exploring the Hidden Gems of Rural Sri Lanka
The Pekoe Trail in Sri Lanka
Alumni

Exploring the Hidden Gems of Rural Sri Lanka

How entrepreneur Charles Conconi ’92CC is driving more economically sustainable tourism on the South Asian island

This Columbian Cowrote the Bible of SNL
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Arts & Humanities

This Columbian Cowrote the Bible of SNL

Fifty years after Saturday Night Live’s premiere, Doug Hill ’76JRN looks back on his influential 1986 book 

An Ancient Black Hole Collision Reverberates
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Science & Technology

An Ancient Black Hole Collision Reverberates

Columbia astronomers recently detected a faraway event that challenges existing theories about black-hole formation

Can AI Fill a Gap in Childhood Speech Therapy?
Sara Technology founders Jiaxin Zhang and Jonathan Shi
Science & Technology

Can AI Fill a Gap in Childhood Speech Therapy?

Sara, a startup co-founded by Jiaxin Zhang ’25BUS, seeks to make articulation therapy more accessible — and fun

Sigrid Nunez Takes a Walk
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Arts & Humanities

Sigrid Nunez Takes a Walk

With nine novels and two recent film adaptations, the National Book Award-winning author is having a moment

Books

Greed, Exploitation, and Elephants: The Story of a Failed Congo Conquest
Cover of A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts
Books

Greed, Exploitation, and Elephants: The Story of a Failed Congo Conquest

A Training School for Elephants, by travel writer Sophy Roberts ’97JRN, tells the little-known tale of a Belgian king and Irish fixer in Africa

6 New Books for Fall 2025
6 New Books for Fall 2025
Books

6 New Books for Fall 2025

From Gary Shteyngart, Ed Park ’95SOA, and other Columbia authors

The Dark and Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools
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Books

The Dark and Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools

In We Survived the Night, Julian Brave NoiseCat ’15CC takes a deeply personal look at the historic efforts to erase Native culture 

How Do You Write the Story of Mike Tyson?
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Books

How Do You Write the Story of Mike Tyson?

For Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson, Mark Kriegel ’86JRN had to revisit his own past as a sportswriter

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