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A Top Scholar of Ukrainian Literature Holds Fast to Hope

Mark Andryczyk of Columbia’s Harriman Institute reflects on Ukraine’s cultural resilience

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Illustration by Mark Steele of a game show

Blonde Knockout

Dr. Joyce Brothers '53GSAS wins big

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

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

30 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia

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

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The Absurdly Delightful Career of "American Ninja Warrior" Cohost Matt Iseman

For the TV personality and doctor, saying “yes” to nearly every opportunity has paid off

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Jim Jarmusch Shares a Strange and Wonderful Collection

A peek into Some Collages, a new book of visual art by the indie-film icon

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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All

The improbable tale of Santa Claus, Columbia, and Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas"

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Do You Know Where Your Drinking Water Comes From?

A photo installation in Riverside Park taps into the origins of a vital New York asset

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The Whimsical Spirit and Positive Wisdom of Artist Ashley Bryan

The prolific children's book illustrator continued to create and inspire into his nineties 

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A New Film Examines a Wrongful Execution

In The Phantom, a Columbia Law School investigation takes center stage

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20 Years of Jazz Performance at Columbia

Since 2001, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program has allowed non-music majors to study America’s premier art form

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A Unique Meditation on Birding

Inside “The Great Bird Blind Debate,” an exhibition from David Brooks ’09SOA and Mark Dion

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Fictional Columbia Alumni: Film Edition

18 movie (and book-to-movie) characters who graced the Morningside Heights campus

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Pass the Remote: 6 Women Shaping the Future of TV

These alumnae directors, screenwriters, and producers have found enviable success in the streaming era

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Radio Made the Video Stars

How two guys from Columbia's WKCR launched MTV

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MFA Students Launch a Literary Journal for Veterans

The Line invites former military personnel and their families to share their stories

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