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Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia
collage of Alfred Hitchcock with movie images and Low Library
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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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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All
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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"

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

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Bring Me the Head of Béla Bartók
Bronze bust of Béla Bartok over sheet music
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Bring Me the Head of Béla Bartók

There's a bronze sculpture of the Hungarian composer in Dodge Hall

The Marie Kondo Whisperer
Marie Kondo and her translator, Marie Iida
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The Marie Kondo Whisperer

Meet Marie Iida ’11GSAS, the valued translator on Netflix’s hit reality show

A Look at the Medical Center’s 10th Annual Art Show
Black and white photo of bride riding bicycle: "Bridecycle" by Pan Su "Peter" Kim
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A Look at the Medical Center’s 10th Annual Art Show

Some 200 works by CUIMC students, faculty, staff, and family members will be on display through 2019

Remembering Donald Keene, America’s Foremost Japanologist
Donald Keene at poet Basho’s tomb in Zeze, Japan, 1955.
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Remembering Donald Keene, America’s Foremost Japanologist

The Columbia professor lived for his adopted country — and his students

Alumni Artists Featured at the Shed in Hudson Yards
Exterior of The Shed in Hudson Yards, seen from the High Line
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Alumni Artists Featured at the Shed in Hudson Yards

Five Columbians show off the projects that grabbed the attention of curators at New York’s ambitious new cultural space

The Puppets of Butler Library
Yoke thé marionette puppet from Burma
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The Puppets of Butler Library

Professor Brander Matthews left his theater memorabilia to Columbia — with strings attached

Lion in the Subway
Subway mosaic
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Lion in the Subway

A new series of subway mosaics honors famed Bronxites, including writer and activist Audre Lorde ’60LS

Must-Reading for Ethical Foodies
MOLD magazine founder LinYee Yuan in front of a food market
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Must-Reading for Ethical Foodies

YinLee Yuan ’02CC publishes Mold magazine, a guide to the future of responsible food production and design

Curating the Legend of Troy
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Curating the Legend of Troy

Deniz Ünsal ’04GSAS guides you through a new museum dedicated to the ancient city immortalized in Homer's The Iliad

Your Columbia Playlist
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Your Columbia Playlist

We spotlight 10 alumni artists from Vampire Weekend to Black Uhuru, Paul Robeson to Art Garfunkel

Poets Play Ball at the Alumni Center
Harry Bauld at poetry reading
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Poets Play Ball at the Alumni Center

A multigenerational reading throws some curves

Columbia’s Role in the Paris Peace Conference
Drawing: "The Peace Palace in The Hague," by Milton Halladay
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Columbia’s Role in the Paris Peace Conference

100 years later, a new exhibit looks at one of the most important treaties ever written

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