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Clifford Chanin at the 9/11 Museum
Arts & Humanities

How Do You Memorialize a Mass Tragedy?

Twenty-five years after 9/11, Clifford Chanin ’77JRN, ’80SIPA keeps the events of that day in the public consciousness

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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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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

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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

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Your Columbia Playlist

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

Harry Bauld at poetry reading
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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

Artwork by South African artist Mary Sibande at the Leroy Neiman Douglas Gallery at Columbia University
Arts & Humanities

Mary Sibande: Power Dresser

The South African artist honors the women in her family who were forced into domestic work during apartheid

Artist Cy Gavin in his studio
Arts & Humanities

Cy Gavin's Luminous Paintings Tell Dark Stories

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

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
Arts & Humanities

8 Must-See Documentaries to Add to Your Streaming Queue

(All with Columbians in the credits)

John Wendle photo
Arts & Humanities

Under the Rainbow

A photo by John Wendle ’07JRN

Fred Plotkin
Arts & Humanities

Opera for All

An interview with opera expert Fred Plotkin '80JRN

Michael Novak
Arts & Humanities

Leap of Faith

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

Lucie Brock-Broido
Arts & Humanities

In Memoriam: Lucie Brock-Broido

Poets pay tribute to the poetry professor

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