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Arts & Humanities

Alumni Art and Photography Books for Your Coffee Table

Though they’re often purchased as gifts, souvenirs, or home accents, there’s more to great “coffee table books” than pretty covers

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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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My Medievalist Mentor

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

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

Columbia in the Movies

22 films in which Columbia makes a cameo

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Designing Your Home for Working From Home

Architect Donald M. Rattner '79CC explains how to style your creative workspace

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So You Think You Can Write a Memoir?

Lilly Dancyger ’12JRN on the art of writing about yourself — and making other people care about your story

Podcasts
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3 Podcasts for History Lovers

From Seth Stevenson '11JRN, Tom Meyers '97CC, and Eric Marcus '84JRN, '03GSAPP

People exchanging "Pesos of Puerto Rico" as part of Columbia professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner's "Valor y Cambio" project
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A New Type of Social Currency

Valor y Cambio encourages Puerto Ricans to share their personal stories

Chalkboard writing of Columbia physics student Sahar Khan
Arts & Humanities

The Case for the Classic Chalkboard

Why some scholars are sticking to slate

The High Bridge, over the Harlem River
Arts & Humanities

Urban History and the Harlem River

A class explores Manhattan’s neglected waterway

Mac McCaughan, founder of Merge Records and frontman of Superchunk
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Merge Records and the Explosion of American Indie Rock

Mac McCaughan ’90CC, frontman of the band Superchunk, has been shaping independent music since 1989. He’s never sold out

Restored vintage Buchla synthesizer, 100 series, at Columbia University
Arts & Humanities

A 1960s Synthesizer is Brought Back to Life

Engineers and musicians at Columbia recently revived one of the first modern electronic instruments

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9 Vintage Movie Posters Worth a Second Look

Film buff Dwight Cleveland ’82CC gives a tour of his rare collection

Illustration of Herman Melville by Audrey Hawkins
Arts & Humanities

How Scholars Rescued the Author of Moby-Dick from the Waters of Oblivion

Honoring Melville at 200

Karata Playing Cards: Colour Print Ltd, circa 1970-1985, Kenya.
Arts & Humanities

A Playing-Card Collector Shows His Hand

An exhibition at Columbia presents highlights from the 6,400 decks of Albert Field ’38CC

Students at Columbia's Center for Science and Society mix pigments at the Sato Sakura Gallery
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A 500-year-old Artisanal Manuscript Yields Its Secrets

“Try burnt oysters,” and other words of wisdom

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