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15 Unique Holiday Gifts from Columbia Alumni
2025 Gift Guide products
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15 Unique Holiday Gifts from Columbia Alumni

Surprise your friends and family this December with scents, spices, and more

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Your Chance to Cook with 5 Famous Columbia Chefs
Judy Joo, Jacques Pépin, Christopher Kimball, Melissa Clark, Anita Lo

Your Chance to Cook with 5 Famous Columbia Chefs

Add these classic cookbooks to your collection

Why Cars Are More Dangerous for Women
Illustration by Simoul Alva of female crash-test dummies in and around car

Why Cars Are More Dangerous for Women

Drive US Forward, founded by Maria Weston Kuhn ’23CC, is fighting for more accurate female crash-test dummies

A Death Investigator Learns to Live
Death investigator Barbara Butcher

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

Columbians making headlines

Tales of One City
Bill De Blasio
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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
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Aki Ishida, Bill de Blasio, and Other Newsmakers

Columbians making headlines

Bettor Living
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Bettor Living

David Benefield's poker face

Shades of Green
Soldiers
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Shades of Green

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

The Pillage Option
James Stewart
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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

Ayad Akhtar, Diane Paulus, and Other Alumni in the News
Ayad Akhtar
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Ayad Akhtar, Diane Paulus, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Safe at Home
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Safe at Home

At twenty-seven, General Studies sophomore Joey Falcone is the oldest Division I ballplayer in the country

Army of One
Frank Lautenberg
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Army of One

Remembering Senator Frank Lautenberg ’49BUS

The Tender
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The Tender

The story of the steam engine that could

To Deter and Protect
Harold Brown
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To Deter and Protect

Harold Brown ’45CC, ’49GSAS, who served as secretary of defense under Jimmy Carter, discusses the threats of the Cold War and their lessons for today

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