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The Lion’s Guide to Parenting

Six books from Columbia alumni that promise to make raising children just a little easier

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28 Famous Columbia Alumni … Who Never Graduated

Though each of these dropouts left school without an official diploma, they all found a degree of success

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The Cocaine Addict Who Changed Medicine Forever

How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.

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The Sharks Are Back in New York

A sailing anthropologist sinks his teeth into human-shark relations

Columbians in the news

Deborah Jackson '80BUS, founder and CEO of Plum Alley, talks to Bloomberg about the economic downturn's effects on venture capital

Kelly Ifill '17BUS, founder and CEO of Guava, profiled by Mastercard Newsroom

New York State Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett '79VPS and Columbia microbiologist Vincent Racaniello quoted in Wall Street Journal article on polio virus detection in New York

Dee Charlemagne '20BUS, cofounder of AVEC drink mixers, featured in Girlboss article on "60 Women Who Are Shaping the Future of the Wine, Beer and Spirits Industry"

The Measure, a new novel by Nikki Erlick '17GSAS, reviewed in the New York Times

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You’re Not Imagining It: Seasonal Allergies Are Getting Worse

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Second Acts: It’s Never Too Late to Go Back to School

Eleven stories of life, learning, and personal reinvention

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What Causes Autism? Study of 100,000 Kids Reveals New Clues

Psychiatrist and epidemiologist Mady Hornig discusses the possible roots of this mysterious condition

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The Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s new director shares some of her favorites from the collection

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Columbia research shows how the intelligent cephalopods become masters of disguise

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Butler Library in 9,000 Legos

John Davisson '08CC reconstructs a beloved campus building

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It’s Time to Start Taking Reality TV More Seriously

Sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann ’10GSAS takes an intellectual dive into a popular but maligned genre

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Watch Out for That Special Chick at the Beach

With the NYC Plover Project, Chris Allieri ’00SIPA is protecting local shorebirds

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Book Review: "Horse"

By Geraldine Brooks ’83JRN 

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10 Travel Books to Feed Your Wanderlust

All by globetrotting Columbia alumni

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The Tricky Role of Social Media in Social-Justice Movements

A review of The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas, by Gal Beckerman ’21JRN

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Review: "The School for Good Mothers"

By Jessamine Chan ’12SOA

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