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A Death Investigator Learns to Live
Death investigator Barbara Butcher
Alumni

A Death Investigator Learns to Live

Barbara Butcher ’83PH spent two decades behind police tape in New York City, examining bodies. Now, she reflects on the hard lessons learned

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28 Famous Columbia Alumni … Who Never Graduated
Timothée Chalamet

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

Old Friends
Sanford Greenberg and Arthur Garfunkel

Old Friends

The return of Sanford Greenberg and Art Garfunkel

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

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Titanosaurus Rex
Diego Pol
Alumni

Titanosaurus Rex

A Columbia alum has found the world’s biggest dinosaur

Recipe for Success
Diane Paulus directs a read-through of "Waitress" in Boston
Alumni

Recipe for Success

Diane Paulus ’97SOA makes theater history with her production of Waitress

Making a Hit
Making a Murderer poster
Alumni

Making a Hit

As Columbia film students in 2005, Moira Demos ’96CC, ’08SOA and Laura Ricciardi ’07SOA stumbled across a New York Times story with an incredible plotline

Court Order
Gavel
Alumni

Court Order

Thomas Sprankling ’12LAW was hired to clerk for Supreme Court justice Anthony M. Kennedy in the 2016 term

Nurse First
Theresa Brown
Alumni

Nurse First

Theresa Brown ’88GSAS wants to deconstruct the notion that “nurses are just an appendage of doctors”

Making a Splash
Clemens Auersperg
Alumni

Making a Splash

Rower Clemens Auersperg ’14CC and swimmer Katie Meili ’13CC recently competed in major events

The Emmy is All Right
Lisa Chodolenko
Alumni

The Emmy is All Right

Smart Money
Marina Rustow
Alumni

Smart Money

Two Columbians were recipients of this year’s MacArthur Fellowships, commonly known as “genius grants”

Podcast Kickoff
Columbia campus
Alumni

Podcast Kickoff

Might there be a story in Columbia football?

Rock Star
Sasha DiGiulian
Alumni

Rock Star

Climber Sasha Digiulian, 22, is the first woman to conquer Trail of Eiger’s "Murder Wall"

Power for the People
Bloc Power team
Alumni

Power for the People

How one Columbia startup is helping low-income communities across New York generate a clean-energy revolution

The Tony and I
Times Square
Alumni

The Tony and I

Columbians had a big night at this year’s Tony Awards, with sixteen affiliated productions taking home honors

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