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Health & Medicine

The Lost Art of Dying Well

A physician and medical ethicist argues that society has lost sight of the spiritual resources we need to confront our mortality 

Alumni

Dr. King's Columbia Connections

How Martin Luther King Jr.’s advisers helped shape his message and win the battle for voting rights

Alumni

Held Hostage for 444 Days: A Story of Survival

Forty years ago, Barry Rosen ’74GSAS was one of fifty-two Americans released from Iranian captivity

Arts & Humanities

7 Photos that Capture the Heartbreak of Climate Change

Photojournalist Katie Orlinsky ’12JRN has spent over six years documenting one of the most environmentally vulnerable areas of the world

Columbians in the news

Antony Blinken '88LAW sworn in as secretary of state

Artist Sarah Sze, a professor at Columbia's School of the Arts, receives permanent exhibition at the Storm King Art Center

Jennifer Klein '90LAW and Julissa Reynoso '01LAW to co-chair new White House Gender Policy Council 

Research on vaccine rollout from Columbia epidemiologist Jeffrey Shaman '03GSAS featured in the New York Times

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In Pursuit of Dark Matter

Columbia physicists confront one of the most confounding mysteries in science

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The Curator in a Time of Chaos

Through the pandemic, Wallach Art Gallery curator Betti-Sue Hertz has kept her eyes on the big picture with two new exhibitions

Alumni

The Subtle and Enduring Power of Radio

As the host of NPR’s Morning Edition, Rachel Martin ’04SIPA makes a point to cultivate intimacy and trust

Arts & Humanities

Meetings of the Minds

The Columbia University Seminars, one of academia’s shining (and somewhat secret) traditions, celebrates seventy-five years of free and civil dialogue

Alumni

Glow Recipe and the Joys of Korean Skin Care

Christine Chang ’10GSAS is on a mission to make K-beauty rituals easy and fun

Science & Technology

7 New Research Findings from Columbia

An ice sheet reveals a surprise, and other discoveries

Arts & Humanities

How Mozart’s Librettist Became the Father of Italian Studies at Columbia

The curious cross-continental tale of Lorenzo Da Ponte

Alumni

How to Beat Work-from-Home Burnout

Liz Wilkes ’13BUS is the founder and CEO of Exubrancy, a corporate-wellness startup 

Jeff Bridges and Barbara Streisand on Columbia University campus in The Mirror Has Two Faces
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Columbia in the Movies

21 films in which Columbia makes a cameo

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Review: "A Promised Land"

By Barack Obama ’83CC

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Review: "The Last Million"

By David Nasaw ’72GSAS

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A Professor Makes a Radical Argument for Recreational Drugs

Columbia psychologist Carl L. Hart believes that narcotic use among responsible adults is a constitutional right

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Well-Versed

3 new poetry collections from Columbia alumni

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