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A'Lelia Bundles
Arts & Humanities

How Writer A’Lelia Bundles, Descendant of Madam C. J. Walker, Found Her Subject

Through sweeping biographies of her foremothers, the author shares a dazzling American inheritance. Her own story belongs on the same high shelf

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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

Collage of Oscar-winning movies with Columbia connections

18 Oscar ‘Best Picture’ Winners with Columbia Connections

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, Columbians have contributed to some of the Academy’s most awarded movies

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Henry James illustration
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Regarding Henry

Colm Tóibín reflects on literary master Henry James's voice

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

Illustration by Brian Stauffer of Columbia's Low Library with a rainbow flag coming out the doorway
Arts & Humanities

Under the Rainbow

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

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

Arrow illustration
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Strong Opinions

Undergraduates discuss the op-ed

Illustration
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"The Wire" Goes Ivy

Academics break down the acclaimed HBO drama

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 painting
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Phillip Lopate Celebrates the Personal Essay

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

Curl sculpture
Arts & Humanities

Twists and Turns

A controversial sculpture receives a restoration

Matt Haimovitz
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Flash-Bach

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

Illustration
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The Cosmopolites

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

Hamilton illustration
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Hamilton is in the House

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

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