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Clifford Chanin at the 9/11 Museum
Arts & Humanities

How Do You Memorialize a Mass Tragedy?

Twenty-five years after 9/11, Clifford Chanin ’77JRN, ’80SIPA keeps the events of that day in the public consciousness

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16 ‘Outstanding’ Emmy Winners with Columbia Connections

These acclaimed TV shows with alumni and University ties have won Primetime Emmy awards for outstanding series

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How a College Reunion Led to a Revived Columbia Seminar

When alumni from the Class of 1966 reconnected with a beloved political-science professor, a virtual classroom was born

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My Medievalist Mentor

A conversation with Columbia historian Caroline Walker Bynum on writing, mentorship, and the long arc of intellectual formation

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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

The Outsider Art Fair in New York City
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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
 

A scene from Boots
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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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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

Cartoon of Sigrid Nunez on a map of NYC
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

Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Bao Ong with a bowl of ramen
Arts & Humanities

How to Dine Like a Professional Restaurant Critic

Bao Ong ’10JRN spent over a decade as a New York food columnist before relocating to Texas. Earlier this year, he became the Houston Chronicle’s restaurant critic

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Kiss of the Spider Woman’s Web of Columbia Connections

Several alumni are behind the upcoming musical film

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Tenement Museum President Annie Polland Opens Doors to the Immigrant Past

How the leader of the venerable Lower East Side institution preserves New York City’s multicultural history

Photo collage of images from Saturday Night Live
Arts & Humanities

This Columbian Cowrote the Bible of SNL

Fifty years after Saturday Night Live’s premiere, Doug Hill ’76JRN looks back on his influential 1986 book 

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