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Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia
collage of Alfred Hitchcock with movie images and Low Library
Arts & Humanities

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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Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections
Sissy Spacek in Carrie

Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections

These haunting tales are perfect for a morbid movie night at home

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

The Last Beat
Newspaper clipping of Lucien Carr news
The New York Times, August 18, 1944.

The Last Beat

A murder in Riverside Park changed the lives of a group of Columbia undergrads. Did it change literature as well?

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

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
Arts & Humanities

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
Arts & Humanities

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
Arts & Humanities

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
Arts & Humanities

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
Arts & Humanities

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
Arts & Humanities

11 New and Upcoming Films from Columbia Grads

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

How to Revamp Your Home in 2025
A Long Island home designed by Gideon Mendelson. (Eric Piasecki)
Arts & Humanities

How to Revamp Your Home in 2025

Drawing from nature, history, and emerging trends, four alumni interior designers share their wisdom

Comic-Book Characters Who Went to Columbia
Elodie Yung and Charlie Cox as Elektra Natchios and Matt Murdock in the Netflix series Daredevil.
Arts & Humanities

Comic-Book Characters Who Went to Columbia

If you want to give superheroes (and supervillains) intellectual credibility, make them Ivy League alumni

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