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Want to Meet New York’s Pizza Rats? There’s a Tour for That
Collage of rat and pizza with garbage and map of NYC
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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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

King of Thrills
Paul Binder, founder of the Big Apple Circus
Alumni

King of Thrills

After 31 years in the ring, Paul Binder ’67BUS, founder and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus, has come full circle

Armistice and the Man
Star of Davd next to Torah
Alumni

Armistice and the Man

William D. Kauffman '38JRN, ninety-four, publishes a book about his life

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