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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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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

Many Happy Returns
Illustration by Kim Rosen of alumni from Columbia and Princeton watching the 2008 election results
Alumni

Many Happy Returns

Watching the 2008 election results at the Columbia and Princeton Clubs

States of Mate
Illustration of man on giant chessboard
Alumni

States of Mate

Justin Sarkar '05CC is the New York State Chess Champion

Handicap This
Illustration by Mark Steele of Wayne Allyn Root running for president in 2024
Alumni

Handicap This

Professional sports prognosticator Wayne Allyn Root ’83CC gets political

Defending the Forgotten
A boy at a Roma settlement in Hungary, photographed by Jessica Greenberg
Alumni

Defending the Forgotten

Jack Greenberg's crusade to help integrate the Roma of Europe has its roots in the Deep south

On Profits and Prophets
Statistics and economics professor Samuel B. Richmond with B-School dean Boris Yavitz in 1976
Alumni

On Profits and Prophets

For a young man from South L.A., the B-School was a path to a higher calling

McBlogger
Illustration by Mark Steele of John McCain campaigning for president in 2008 with Meghan McCain blogging behind him
Alumni

McBlogger

Meghan McCain '07CC starts a blog to promote her father's presidential campaign

Harlem on a Roll
Harlem Lanes
Alumni

Harlem on a Roll

Entrepreneur Sharon Joseph brings a long-lost pastime back home

Whither Underground?
Illustration of an abandoned subway station by Mark Steele
Alumni

Whither Underground?

Joseph Brennan '73CC, '82LS documents New York City's "ghost" stations

Smoke Rising
Football in grass
Alumni

Smoke Rising

Sam Dana had been listed as dead for nearly 34 years before the National Football League realized that he was alive

Baselines
Fernando Perez playing for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Alumni

Baselines

MLB player Fernando Perez '04CC takes on a writing project

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