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Want to Meet New York’s Pizza Rats? There’s a Tour for That
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Alumni

Want to Meet New York’s Pizza Rats? There’s a Tour for That

With her “Garbage and Rats” walking tour, Suzanne Reisman ’00SIPA showcases the city that always squeaks

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Held Hostage for 444 Days: A Story of Survival
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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

5 True-Crime and Investigative Podcasts Worth Bingeing
Podcasts Wind of Change, The Radio Murders, Welcome to Your Fantasy, Drunk Women Solving Crime, Mother Country Radicals

5 True-Crime and Investigative Podcasts Worth Bingeing

These gripping series from Columbia alumni broadcasters will keep you hitting the play button

The Columbia-Educated Priest Fighting Peru’s AIDS Epidemic
Father Fedora

The Columbia-Educated Priest Fighting Peru’s AIDS Epidemic

Father Joseph Fedora ’96JRN offers hope, prayers, and healing for Lima’s most vulnerable citizens

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Strong Opinions
Neil Gorsuch
Alumni

Strong Opinions

Neil Gorsuch ’88CC has been nominated to the US Supreme Court

Ask an Alum: How to Be a World-Class Athlete... at 78
John Weber
Alumni

Ask an Alum: How to Be a World-Class Athlete... at 78

A Q&A with John Weber ’65DM

8 Under 30
Xiyin Tang
Alumni

8 Under 30

Eight alumni were featured in Forbes’s annual “30 Under 30"

Parks and Recreation
Erich Goode
Alumni

Parks and Recreation

A sociologist contemplates a human ecosystem

Alumni Podcasts Worth a Listen
Heben Nigatu
Alumni

Alumni Podcasts Worth a Listen

"Freakonomics Radio" and other great podcasts

Steph Korey: From Bags to Riches
Steph Korey
Alumni

Steph Korey: From Bags to Riches

Meet the co-founder of smart-suitcase brand Away

Speaking Up
Melissa Mark-Viverito
Alumni

Speaking Up

Melissa Mark-Viverito ’91CC made history by becoming the first Latina elected to citywide office. In her final year as NYC Council Speaker, history has taken a turn

The Constant Chronicler
David Perlman
Alumni

The Constant Chronicler

At 98, David Perlman ’39CC, ’40JRN, a pioneer of science journalism, may just be the oldest working reporter in America

That’s Amaro
Cocktail from "Amaro" by Brad Thomas Parsons
Alumni

That’s Amaro

Brad Thomas Parsons ’95SOA is an amiable man with an unusual motto: “Stay bitter”

Ask an Alum: Amy Schapiro
Amy Schapiro, leader of Women Techmakers
Alumni

Ask an Alum: Amy Schapiro

A Q&A with the leader of Women Techmakers

Reporting Reimagined
Peter Klein
Alumni

Reporting Reimagined

Peter Klein ’93JRN always wanted to be a foreign correspondent 

Products with a Purpose
Diana Sierra
Alumni

Products with a Purpose

Diana Sierra '12SPS is the founder of social enterprise Be Girl

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