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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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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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A Bookish Birthday

At 125, Columbia University Press has its cake and eats it too

Tracy K. Smith
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Poet in Motion

US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith '97SOA gives wings to words

Books
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Reading List: Spring/Summer 2018

Noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

Francesco Spampinato
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Ask an Alum: On the Record

An interview contemporary-art historian Francesco Spampinato '06GSAS

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Arts & Humanities

The Book of Not Forgetting

Journalist Masha Gessen on memory and Stalin’s Gulag

Books
Arts & Humanities

Reading List: Winter 2017

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

Collage by Leigh Ledare
Arts & Humanities

Amok in the Art House

Leigh Ledare ’08SOA is a visual artist working primarily with photography, film, and collage

Rujeko Hockley
Arts & Humanities

State of the Art

Whitney Museum curator Rujeko Hockley '05CC wants to showcase work that reflects an ever-diverse America

Queens panorama
Arts & Humanities

The Alternative Apple

A team of Columbia architecture students re-envision New York City

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Depth of Field

Film Professor Annette Insdorf celebrates 30 years of teaching

Colette and Erica Jong
Arts & Humanities

Liberté, Égalité, Sexualité

Erica Jong meets Colette

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