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Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia
collage of Alfred Hitchcock with movie images and Low Library
Arts & Humanities

Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia

In 1972, film-studies professor Stefan Sharff brought his idol Alfred Hitchcock to campus to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters

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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All
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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All

The improbable tale of Santa Claus, Columbia, and Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas"

Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections
Sissy Spacek in Carrie

Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections

These haunting tales are perfect for a morbid movie night at home

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

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Reading List: Fall 2017
Books
Arts & Humanities

Reading List: Fall 2017

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

Guinn’s Gallery
Mural by David Guinn
Arts & Humanities

Guinn’s Gallery

Muralist David Guinn ’94CC brings fine art and unexpected vistas to the streets of Philadelphia

Honorable Accessories
"Dissent collar"
Arts & Humanities

Honorable Accessories

Artist Roxana Alger Geffen ’95CC has made a political fashion statement

Take a Walk on the Morningside
Sculpture
Arts & Humanities

Take a Walk on the Morningside

There’s nothing too wild about this little hike

Jeepers Creepers
Lina Puerta
Arts & Humanities

Jeepers Creepers

Artist Lina Puerta is inspired by the plants that creep into abandoned urban spaces and “reclaim” them

She Thinks, Therefore I Am
Descartes
Arts & Humanities

She Thinks, Therefore I Am

Did the father of modern philosophy actually borrow his most influential ideas from a Roman Catholic nun?

New York to Los Angeles
"New York to Los Angeles"
Arts & Humanities

New York to Los Angeles

Ashok Sinha ’99SEAS captures the abstract beauty of the view from an airplane window

Reading List: Summer 2017
Books
Arts & Humanities

Reading List: Summer 2017

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

Film Forum
Erika Dilday
Arts & Humanities

Film Forum

An interview with Erika Dilday ’93JRN, ’94BUS, executive director of the Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem

New York through New Eyes
NYC skyline
Arts & Humanities

New York through New Eyes

Justin Davidson '90GSAS, '94SOA on the places that capture the “myth and magic and possibility” of the city he calls home

Room with a View
Wallach Art Gallery
Arts & Humanities

Room with a View

The Wallach Art Gallery relocates to Manhattanville

Disturbing the Peace
Dove on microphone
Arts & Humanities

Disturbing the Peace

Standup comedians sit down for a conference

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