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How Robert Moog Launched Music into the Electronic Age
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Arts & Humanities

How Robert Moog Launched Music into the Electronic Age

Sixty years ago, the Columbia-trained inventor introduced a keyboard synthesizer that would change the musical soundscape

50 Years of Columbia Magazine
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50 Years of Columbia Magazine

We celebrate this half-century milestone with a look back at some of the memorable and defining moments captured in our pages

How to Make Your Skin Look Younger for Longer
Dermatologist Lian Mack
Health & Medicine

How to Make Your Skin Look Younger for Longer

Dermatologist Lian Mack ’99CC weighs in on Botox, moisturizer, and more

How Dan Abrams Turned a Law Degree into a Media Empire — with a Twist
Dan Abrams photographed by Melanie Dunea
Alumni

How Dan Abrams Turned a Law Degree into a Media Empire — with a Twist

The legal analyst from TV and radio is turning his attention to wine and spirits

Columbians in the news

Marie Howe '83SOA wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and Leah Binkovitz '11JRN and colleagues at the Houston Chronicle win for editorial writing

Journalists Adam Iscoe '22JRN and Grey Moran '18JRN nominated for 2025 James Beard Media Awards

Columbia SIPA professor Yumiko Shimabukuro '03SIPA wins Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching

Saheem Ali '07SOA lands Tony nomination for best direction of a musical as the director of Buena Vista Social Club

Study on sinking US cities led by Columbia environmental researcher Leonard Ohenhen featured in the New York Times

Columbia researchers Matthew Eroglu, Yuta Mabuchi, Yuki Haba '17GSAS, and Keshav Balaji Suresh named 2025 Leon Levy Scholars in Neuroscience

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Mariana van Zeller Shines a Light on the World’s Black Markets
Mariana van Zeller speaks with the cofounder of an outlaw militia group for an episode of Trafficked
Alumni

Mariana van Zeller Shines a Light on the World’s Black Markets

The host and executive producer of Trafficked investigates the inner workings of criminal underworlds

Why Your Diet Impacts Your Sleep
photo of table with nutritious food and sleep mask
Health & Medicine

Why Your Diet Impacts Your Sleep

Nutrition scientist Marie-Pierre St-Onge discusses the effects of melatonin and tryptophan and suggests what to eat for a better night’s sleep

Why Are So Many Younger Adults Getting Cancer?
Illustration by Joan Wong representing cancer in young people
Health & Medicine

Why Are So Many Younger Adults Getting Cancer?

Columbia researchers are investigating ultra-processed foods, sedentary lifestyles, and other possible explanations

What Your Digital Footprint Says About You
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Science & Technology

What Your Digital Footprint Says About You

Computer algorithms are becoming more adept at using our data to penetrate the deepest levels of our psyches

Five Years and 70,000 Pieces of Scaffolding Equal One Miraculous Restoration
Notre-Dame Cathedral during renovation
Arts & Humanities

Five Years and 70,000 Pieces of Scaffolding Equal One Miraculous Restoration

Barry Bergdoll ’77CC, ’86GSAS discusses the renovation of Notre-Dame

Stopping HIV Before It Starts
Women holding babies in Africa
Health & Medicine

Stopping HIV Before It Starts

ICAP, a global health organization at Columbia, is helping reduce mother-to-child HIV transmissions in six African nations

Scientists Edge Closer to Affordable Superconductors
Illustration of the 1 train as a molecule by Andy Kim
Science & Technology

Scientists Edge Closer to Affordable Superconductors

Novel materials could eventually power electric vehicles and more, say Columbia researchers

4 Columbia Travel Pros to Guide Your Next Adventure
A street in Paris
Alumni

4 Columbia Travel Pros to Guide Your Next Adventure

Walk, hike, bike, and drive with these alumni-founded tourism companies

3D Imaging Just Got Easier
3D scan of mouse brain vasculature
Science & Technology

3D Imaging Just Got Easier

A powerful new microscope could enable more scientists around the world to conduct cutting-edge biomedical research

Books

Review: The Antidote
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Books

Review: The Antidote

By Karen Russell ’06SOA

How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress
Why Nothing Works by Marc Dunkelman
Books

How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress

In Why Nothing Works, Marc J. Dunkelman ’01CC investigates the decline of public-sector innovation from the 1960s through today

6 New Books for Your Summer Reading List
Reading List Summer 2025
Books

6 New Books for Your Summer Reading List

From A'Lelia Bundles ’76JRN, John McWhorter, and other Columbia authors

Review: The Original Daughter
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
Books

Review: The Original Daughter

By Jemimah Wei ’22SOA 

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