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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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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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Alumni

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
Alumni

Army of One

Remembering Senator Frank Lautenberg ’49BUS

The Tender
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Alumni

The Tender

The story of the steam engine that could

To Deter and Protect
Harold Brown
Alumni

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

Street-Beat Confidential
Carlos Gonzalez
Alumni

Street-Beat Confidential

Journalist Juan González has been writing about wrongs for thirty-five years. What's he got today?

Liz Magic Laser, Beau Willimon, and Other Alumni in the News
Liz Magic Laser
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Liz Magic Laser, Beau Willimon, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

The Pickup Artists
Robin Nagle
Alumni

The Pickup Artists

What does trash tell us about ourselves? Anthropologist Robin Nagle '94GSAS put on the uniform and found out

A Life in Full
Joshua Prager illustration
Alumni

A Life in Full

Journalist Joshua Prager '94CC, a former quadriplegic, writes a healing memoir

Justice's Son
Ben Jealous
Alumni

Justice's Son

The interconnected world of NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous '94CC

Second Acts
Barack Obama with Hurricane Sandy victims in Staten Island, NY
Alumni

Second Acts

President Obama visits areas stricken by Sandy

Kathryn Bigelow, Benjamin Jealous, and Other Alumni in the News
Kathryn Bigelow at the Oscars
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Kathryn Bigelow, Benjamin Jealous, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

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