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Aimee Ng, chief curator at the Frick Collection
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5 Alumni Museum Curators Shaping the Art World Today

Through visionary exhibitions and programming, Columbia graduates are steering the direction of some of New York’s most prestigious museums

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From Columbia to The Pitt

For Supriya Ganesh ’19CC, starring in the Emmy-nominated hospital drama wasn’t a far cry from reality

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18 Oscar ‘Best Picture’ Winners with Columbia Connections

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, Columbians have contributed to some of the Academy’s most awarded movies

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Lessons of Jewish History

For seventy-five years, the Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia has connected the community to the currents of Jewish thought

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John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Benjamin Franklin
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The Columbia-Educated Lawyer Who Helped Write the Declaration of Independence

Robert Livingston 1765KC may have missed the document’s official signing, but his anti-tyranny legal philosophy still resonates today

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

22 films in which Columbia makes a cameo

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Arts & Humanities

18 Oscar ‘Best Picture’ Winners with Columbia Connections

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, Columbians have contributed to some of the Academy’s most awarded movies

Collage of Jewish history
Arts & Humanities

Lessons of Jewish History

For seventy-five years, the Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia has connected the community to the currents of Jewish thought

The Outsider Art Fair in New York City
Arts & Humanities

The Insider Guide to Outsider Art

Elizabeth Denny ’10GSAS is the director of the Outsider Art Fair, an annual exposition of works by self-taught artists

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Bennett Cerf and the Rise of the American Publishing House

In Nothing Random, Gayle Feldman charts the storied life and career of Random House cofounder Bennett Cerf 1920CC
 

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With Boots, Andy Parker Revisits the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Era

When the screenwriter and producer was asked to adapt a military memoir into a TV series, the project struck a personal chord

Jennifer Lee
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How Frozen Visionary Jennifer Lee Got Her Disney Ending

After honing her filmmaking skills at Columbia, the writer-director went on to create one of Hollywood’s most successful franchises

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7 New Movies from Columbia Alumni Filmmakers

Stream or see in theaters these notable releases from Columbia directors, screenwriters, and producers

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42 Bingeable TV Shows Made by Columbia Graduates

These series from alumni are worth watching and rewatching

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Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia

In 1972, film-studies professor Stefan Sharff brought his idol Alfred Hitchcock to campus to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters

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Arts & Humanities

Sigrid Nunez Takes a Walk

With nine novels and two recent film adaptations, the National Book Award-winning author is having a moment

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