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Columbia Lou and Cocky Collins Ride Again
Cocky Collins and Lou Gehrig
Alumni

Columbia Lou and Cocky Collins Ride Again

100 years ago, Columbia baseball greats Lou Gehrig and Eddie Collins 1907CC made their own bids for the record books

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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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A Midterm Examination
Illustration of Barack Obama surrounded by pointed fingers
Alumni

A Midterm Examination

The voters have spoken, but what did they say? Columbia political scientist Lincoln Mitchell '96GSAS assesses the 2010 elections

Angelheaded Hipsters
Photo of Allen Ginsberg at typewriter
Alumni

Angelheaded Hipsters

James Franco becomes Allen Ginsberg ’48CC

Karen Russell, Gerry Lenfest, and Other Alumni in the News
Karen Russell
Alumni

Karen Russell, Gerry Lenfest, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

You and Whose Army?
Jason Dempsey
Alumni

You and Whose Army?

Lt. Col. Jason Dempsey ’08GSAS takes on conventional wisdom about politics in the military

Second to None
Sculpture illustration of George Baker as John Adams
Alumni

Second to None

Inspired by David McCullough's biography, George Baker '69CC, '73LAW revels in impersonating John Adams

Chairman of the Boardwalk
Illustration of Atlantic City boardwalk in the 1920s
Alumni

Chairman of the Boardwalk

Edward McGinty '06SOA helps HBO's Boardwalk Empire capture Atlantic City in the 1920s

Trial and Error
Julie Menin
Alumni

Trial and Error

Julie Menin's battle to keep a 9/11 prosecution out of Lower Manhattan

Beat the Rap
Drum set
Alumni

Beat the Rap

Talking with MBA student and Israeli hip-hop drummer Gal Sivan '10BUS

The Secret Sharer
Michael E. Leiter photographed by Katherine Lambert
Alumni

The Secret Sharer

In the struggle against terrorism, good intelligence is the government's most important weapon. Mike Leiter '91CC makes sure it gets into the right hands

Care Tactics
Betsy McCaughey
Alumni

Care Tactics

Betsy McCaughey '76GSAS, a central figure in America's culture war, interprets the health-care bill

Dateline: Iran
Kelly Niknejad
Alumni

Dateline: Iran

There have been no Western news bureaus in Tehran in a generation, so Kelly Niknejad opened one. Virtually

She Covers the Waterfront
Ann Buttenwieser
Alumni

She Covers the Waterfront

From parks to books to a floating pool, Ann Buttenwieser ’84GSAPP brings New Yorkers to their own shores

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