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What Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets

At the Columbia History Lab, Matthew Connelly ’90CC uses data science to uncover long-hidden files

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Can the World’s Religions Help Save Us from Ecological Peril?

Scholars and religious leaders argue that a spiritual connection to nature is essential for environmental recovery

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Drawing Connections with Wendy MacNaughton

How the illustrator, graphic journalist, and social worker brings people together through art

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How to Build a Love That Lasts

Darcy Sterling ’96SW, a clinical social worker and relationship therapist, on jealousy, online dating, and dealing with conflict

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Minouche Shafik

Minouche Shafik, a leading economist and current president of the London School of Economics and Political Science, named 20th president of Columbia University

Top Gun: Maverick, directed by Joseph Kosinski '99GSAPP, and The Fabelmans, cowritten and produced by Tony Kushner '78CC, receive Oscar nominations in major categories, including best picture

Columbia Journalism School professor emeritus Victor S. Navasky dies at 90

15 Columbians included on 2023 Forbes "30 Under 30" list

Engineer Catarina Carvalho '18SPS included on Engineering News-Record's "National Top 20 Under 40" list

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9 Fascinating Artifacts Found Buried Under New York City

Archeologists uncover historic curiosities beneath the streets

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Short Wave, a Podcast, Makes Science Accessible and Fun

The NPR program, hosted by Emily Kwong ’12CC and Aaron Scott ’09JRN, unravels the mysteries of the world

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The Case of the Well-Dressed Panhandler

Clothing choices matter when soliciting spare change, find Columbia Business School researchers

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Learning to Live with the Voices in Your Head

By giving young people with schizophrenia more control over their care, a Columbia-led program aims to help them lead fuller lives

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Can We Act Sooner to Save Endangered Species?

At-risk animal populations should receive protections earlier, urge Columbia researchers

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The Need to Protect the Data in Our Brains

In Theater of Thought, Rafael Yuste explores the intersections of privacy and neurotechnology with Werner Herzog

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Sing Harlem Comes to Columbia

The ten-person choir raises the roof at the Forum

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Laura Kavanagh Climbs the Leadership Ladder at the FDNY

New York City’s first female fire commissioner is modernizing the department and inspiring a new generation of first responders

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Columbia’s Neiman Center for Print Studies Celebrates 25 Years

Kiki Smith, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Kara Walker, Dana Schutz, and other notable artists have left their imprints on the space 

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6 Exciting New Books for Winter

From Darryl Pinckney ’88CC, Lynn Steger Strong ’14SOA, and other Columbia authors

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A Queer Mystery in the Bible Belt

In her memoir Diary of Misfit, Casey Parks ’18JRN investigates the story of a Louisiana man with a secret identity

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The Complex History and Wondrous Potential of Cell Research

A review of Song of the Cell, by oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Nephrologist F. Perry Wilson '06VPS demystifies the medical field and explains how patients and physicians can build better relationships

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