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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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The Revenge of Jenji Kohan
Jenji Kohan illustration
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The Revenge of Jenji Kohan

How the creator of the hit TV shows Weeds and Orange Is the New Black smoked the doubters and got the last laugh

Under the Rainbow
Illustration by Brian Stauffer of Columbia's Low Library with a rainbow flag coming out the doorway
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Under the Rainbow

Today, there are thousands of LGBTQ groups on college campuses around the world. In 1966, there was only one

The Decisive Moment
Photo from 1973
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The Decisive Moment

On the centennial of the Pulitzer Prize, we look back at award-winning photos that captured history

Strong Opinions
Arrow illustration
Arts & Humanities

Strong Opinions

Undergraduates discuss the op-ed

"The Wire" Goes Ivy
Illustration
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"The Wire" Goes Ivy

Academics break down the acclaimed HBO drama

Kimberlé Crenshaw on Police Violence Against Black Women
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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Kimberlé Crenshaw on Police Violence Against Black Women

The Columbia Law professor discusses the Say Her Name movement and her fight for gender-inclusive racial justice

Phillip Lopate Celebrates the Personal Essay
Phillip Lopate painting
Arts & Humanities

Phillip Lopate Celebrates the Personal Essay

The prolific writer recommends six great essayists he really thinks you should read

Twists and Turns
Curl sculpture
Arts & Humanities

Twists and Turns

A controversial sculpture receives a restoration

Flash-Bach
Matt Haimovitz
Arts & Humanities

Flash-Bach

Israeli cellist and musical innovator Matt Haimovitz is on a mission to bring classical music to unexpected places

The Cosmopolites
Illustration
Arts & Humanities

The Cosmopolites

Journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian '08CC, '11JRN reflects on the meaning of citizenship in the twenty-first century

Hamilton is in the House
Hamilton illustration
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Hamilton is in the House

Move over, Washington and Jefferson. Alexander Hamilton is the coolest Founding Father

The Double-Edged Helix
Alondra Nelson
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The Double-Edged Helix

To write about DNA ancestry testing, sociology professor Alondra Nelson immersed herself in the world of African-American genealogy

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