Hanging Out at the Hungarian Pastry Shop
A fabled neighborhood fixture emerges from lockdown
The Mental Weight of COVID-19
Columbia psychologists and psychiatrists prepare for a tsunami of mental-health issues caused by the collective trauma of the pandemic
3 Eco-Innovators Tackling Pollution and Climate Change
Columbia alumni entrepreneurs are finding new ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle
"Make Me Brave for Life"
The whimsical spirit and positive wisdom of artist and storyteller Ashley Bryan ’50GS
Recent Stories
Why America’s Obsession with Civil Liberties Is Tearing the Country Apart
A Columbia law professor offers a provocative new take on constitutional rights
This Pilot Wants to Get 100 Black Women to Take Flight
Carole Hopson ’90JRN is determined to diversify the airline industry
Why Diamonds Are a Geologist’s Best Friend
The gems could help answer fundamental questions about our planet’s early history
The Mayors of Columbia
A brief history of the University’s connections to city halls across the country
Saving Smiles Around the World
Unspoken Smiles, a nonprofit founded by Jean Paul Laurent '17SIPA, brings preventive dental care to underserved children
What Are They Thinking?
For science educator Michelle Ashkin '04GSAS, teaching people about the minds of other species is more than a passion
Can AI Explain Vaccine Hesitancy?
Columbia researchers are using artificial intelligence to better understand public dissent on social media
How to Raise Your Kid to Be a Better Citizen
As the founder and CEO of Local Civics, Beverly Leon ’14CC, ’20BUS encourages kids and teens to become active community members
20 Years of Jazz Performance at Columbia
Since 2001, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program has allowed non-music majors to study America’s premier art form
Books
Why the Cold War Ignited America’s Progressive Culture
Louis Menand ’80GSAS takes a “street-level” look at one of the most fertile cultural and intellectual periods in recent history
The Untold History of Protest and Police Violence
A review of America on Fire, by Elizabeth Hinton ’13GSAS
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