Arts & Humanities

Introducing the first annual “Columbia Songbook,” a celebration of show tunes written by faculty and alumni

Barak Goodman's latest film, a six-hour adaptation of The Emperor of All Maladies, has been the documentarian's most intricate assignment yet

Students at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons are getting ready to practice. Will it make them better doctors?

Victor Navasky, founding member of the Committee to Protect Journalists, on Charlie Hebdo

A New Orleans-born writer reflects on the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the toll the disaster is still taking on his city

A poem by Jay Neugeboren '59CC

An all-star panel deconstructs a legendary indie band

Fresh from Columbia’s World Writers’ Festival in Paris, four Indian writers reflect on their engagement with the West

One Greek poet. One African-American artist. One intrepid professor. How Robert O’Meally brought Romare Bearden back to Harlem

A Columbia College senior gets a taste of medieval winemaking

Remembering the poet John Berryman in his centennial year

Columbia historian Eric Foner is giving his lectures to the public — and to posterity