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How to Dine Like a Professional Restaurant Critic
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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Blonde Knockout
Illustration by Mark Steele of a game show

Blonde Knockout

Dr. Joyce Brothers '53GSAS wins big

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

32 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia
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

32 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia

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

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Cy Gavin's Luminous Paintings Tell Dark Stories
Artist Cy Gavin in his studio
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Cy Gavin's Luminous Paintings Tell Dark Stories

With his bold and beautiful canvases, the artist grapples with some very challenging issues

8 Must-See Documentaries to Add to Your Streaming Queue
Documentaries made by Columbia alumni: Chasing Coral, Shirkers, ReMastered: ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium, Three Identical Strangers, Wild Wild Country, RBG, Making a Murderer part 2, Crime + Punishment
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8 Must-See Documentaries to Add to Your Streaming Queue

(All with Columbians in the credits)

Under the Rainbow
John Wendle photo
Arts & Humanities

Under the Rainbow

A photo by John Wendle ’07JRN

Opera for All
Fred Plotkin
Arts & Humanities

Opera for All

An interview with opera expert Fred Plotkin '80JRN

Leap of Faith
Michael Novak
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Leap of Faith

Dancer Michael Novak ’09GS has just been cast in the role of a lifetime — Paul Taylor’s successor

In Memoriam: Lucie Brock-Broido
Lucie Brock-Broido
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In Memoriam: Lucie Brock-Broido

Poets pay tribute to the poetry professor

Film Series Honors SOA Professor Ira Deutchman
The Last Waltz
Arts & Humanities

Film Series Honors SOA Professor Ira Deutchman

Celebrating the "NY Indie Guy"

The Teachers Who Inspired J.D. Salinger and a Generation of American Writers
Salinger illustration
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The Teachers Who Inspired J.D. Salinger and a Generation of American Writers

The little-known tale of Whit Burnett, Martha Foley, and the soon-to-be famous student who almost flunked his first class

We Come in Peace
We Come in Peace
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We Come in Peace

An installation by Huma Bhabha '89SOA is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ballot Breakdown
Voting booth illustration
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Ballot Breakdown

8 things Columbia professors need you to know about the electoral system right now

Great Excavations
3.18_CW_Sherds
Arts & Humanities

Great Excavations

An archaeologist digs in the archives and pieces together some Columbia history

Kubrick’s Columbia
Kubrick photo
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Kubrick’s Columbia

Stanley Kubrick’s photos of Columbia are on view at the Museum of the City of New York

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