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John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Benjamin Franklin
Arts & Humanities

The Columbia-Educated Lawyer Who Helped Write the Declaration of Independence

Robert Livingston 1765KC may have missed the document’s official signing, but his anti-tyranny legal philosophy still resonates today

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Supriya Ganesh on The Pitt

From Columbia to The Pitt

For Supriya Ganesh ’19CC, starring in the Emmy-nominated hospital drama wasn’t a far cry from reality

Aimee Ng, chief curator at the Frick Collection
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5 Alumni Museum Curators Shaping the Art World Today

Through visionary exhibitions and programming, Columbia graduates are steering the direction of some of New York’s most prestigious museums

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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Bronze bust of Béla Bartok over sheet music
Arts & Humanities

Bring Me the Head of Béla Bartók

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

Marie Kondo and her translator, Marie Iida
Arts & Humanities

The Marie Kondo Whisperer

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

Black and white photo of bride riding bicycle: "Bridecycle" by Pan Su "Peter" Kim
Arts & Humanities

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

Donald Keene at poet Basho’s tomb in Zeze, Japan, 1955.
Arts & Humanities

Remembering Donald Keene, America’s Foremost Japanologist

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

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

Yoke thé marionette puppet from Burma
Arts & Humanities

The Puppets of Butler Library

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

Subway mosaic
Arts & Humanities

Lion in the Subway

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

MOLD magazine founder LinYee Yuan in front of a food market
Arts & Humanities

Must-Reading for Ethical Foodies

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

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Arts & Humanities

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

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Arts & Humanities

Your Columbia Playlist

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

Harry Bauld at poetry reading
Arts & Humanities

Poets Play Ball at the Alumni Center

A multigenerational reading throws some curves

Drawing: "The Peace Palace in The Hague," by Milton Halladay
Arts & Humanities

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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