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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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Crossover Dribble
Troy Murphy
Alumni

Crossover Dribble

NBA star Troy Murphy '15GS bounces to Columbia

Ai-jen Poo, Beau Willimon, and Other Alumni in the News
Ai-jen Poo
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Ai-jen Poo, Beau Willimon, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Start Me Up
Startup Lab
Alumni

Start Me Up

The new Columbia Startup Lab in SoHo is open for business

Dock Star
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Alumni

Dock Star

Susan Gibbs ’89SIPA and Dan McSweeney ’07SIPA watch the SS United States take off again

Dean Baquet, Diane Paulus, and Other Alumni in the News
Dean Baquet
Alumni

Dean Baquet, Diane Paulus, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Jennifer Lee, Ursula Burns, and Other Alumni in the News
Jennifer Lee
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Jennifer Lee, Ursula Burns, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

James McBride, Caroline Kennedy, and Other Alumni in the News
James McBride
Alumni

James McBride, Caroline Kennedy, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Tales of One City
Bill De Blasio
Alumni

Tales of One City

Bill de Blasio '87SIPA rallied the five boroughs with his message of two New Yorks. He wasn’t the first Columbian to bring the city together

Aki Ishida, Bill de Blasio, and Other Newsmakers
Asi Ikida
Alumni

Aki Ishida, Bill de Blasio, and Other Newsmakers

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Bettor Living
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Alumni

Bettor Living

David Benefield's poker face

Shades of Green
Soldiers
Alumni

Shades of Green

Michael Christmas '00SEAS, a Marine in Afghanistan, writes home

The Pillage Option
James Stewart
Alumni

The Pillage Option

How do you stop genocide before it starts? Legal theorist James Stewart, a former war-crimes prosecutor, has revived a forgotten strategy

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