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How Robert Moog Launched Music into the Electronic Age
Collage illustration with photo of Robert Moog
Arts & Humanities

How Robert Moog Launched Music into the Electronic Age

Sixty years ago, the Columbia-trained inventor introduced a keyboard synthesizer that would change the musical soundscape

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Blonde Knockout
Illustration by Mark Steele of a game show

Blonde Knockout

Dr. Joyce Brothers '53GSAS wins big

Columbia in the Movies
Jeff Bridges and Barbara Streisand on Columbia University campus in The Mirror Has Two Faces

Columbia in the Movies

21 films in which Columbia makes a cameo

32 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia
Collage of celebrities who graduated from Columbia: Jacques Pépin, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jenny Slate, Kate McKinnon, Matthew Fox, Amanda Seales, George Segal, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Jesse Bradford, Judy Joo

32 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia

These actors, comedians, and TV personalities have all called Morningside Heights home

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40 Bingeable TV Shows Made by Columbia Graduates
Collage of characters in Columbia alumni-made TV shows
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40 Bingeable TV Shows Made by Columbia Graduates

These series from alumni are worth watching and rewatching

An Artist’s Tour of Great Lakes Lighthouses
Illustration of Thames River Lighthouse
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An Artist’s Tour of Great Lakes Lighthouses

Retired architect Jim Lammers ’70GSAPP captures whimsical views of a maritime beacon

Five Years and 70,000 Pieces of Scaffolding Equal One Miraculous Restoration
Notre-Dame Cathedral during renovation
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Five Years and 70,000 Pieces of Scaffolding Equal One Miraculous Restoration

Barry Bergdoll ’77CC, ’86GSAS discusses the renovation of Notre-Dame

Star-Inspired Artworks Light Up Butler Library
Start with a Dream by Jeannie Rhyu
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Star-Inspired Artworks Light Up Butler Library

Celestial Navigation, an exhibit curated by MFA student Jeannie Rhyu ’17CC, brings art students into conversation with Ptolemy and Galileo

20 Movie Musicals with Columbia Connections
Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
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20 Movie Musicals with Columbia Connections

Since the early days of sound cinema, Columbia writers, composers, performers, and filmmakers have contributed to musicals on screen

Bob Dylan 1965: The Columbia Connection
image of Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg
Arts & Humanities

Bob Dylan 1965: The Columbia Connection

With A Complete Unknown up for Oscars, we look at the contributions of two other Columbians to the legend of Dylan in that watershed year

The Art of the Book Deal
Columbia Journalism School professor Samuel Freedman
Arts & Humanities

The Art of the Book Deal

How professor Samuel G. Freedman has helped more than a hundred students get coveted book contracts

From Surgeon to Sculptor
Fissure by Jonathan Prince
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From Surgeon to Sculptor

Celebrated artist Jonathan Prince ’80DM draws inspiration from his brief career as a maxillofacial surgeon

Joan Tower: An Uncommon Composer
Joan Tower
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Joan Tower: An Uncommon Composer

At 86, the composer and pianist is still playing at a fast tempo

The Impact and Artistry of the Federal Duck Stamp
“Arctic Watch,” a portrait of spectacled eiders by Adam Grimm, placed first in the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp art contest
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The Impact and Artistry of the Federal Duck Stamp

Avian paleontologist Daniel Ksepka ’07GSAS, curator of science at the Bruce Museum, celebrates the artwork of a federal fundraiser

The Columbian Who Invented Eustace Tilley
New Yorker cover and Corey Ford
Arts & Humanities

The Columbian Who Invented Eustace Tilley

Corey Ford 1923CC and the birth of The New Yorker

11 New and Upcoming Films from Columbia Grads
Elle Fanning and Timothee Chalamet in A Complete Unknown
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11 New and Upcoming Films from Columbia Grads

Alumni writers, directors, producers, and actors are making waves at festivals and in theaters

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