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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
Aimee Ng (Joseph Coscia Jr.)

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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Collage illustration with photo of Robert Moog
Arts & Humanities

How Robert Moog Launched Music into the Electronic Age

Sixty years ago, the Columbia-trained inventor introduced a keyboard synthesizer that would change the musical soundscape

Notre-Dame Cathedral during renovation
Arts & Humanities

Five Years and 70,000 Pieces of Scaffolding Equal One Miraculous Restoration

Barry Bergdoll ’77CC, ’86GSAS discusses the renovation of Notre-Dame

Start with a Dream by Jeannie Rhyu
Arts & Humanities

Star-Inspired Artworks Light Up Butler Library

Celestial Navigation, an exhibit curated by MFA student Jeannie Rhyu ’17CC, brings art students into conversation with Ptolemy and Galileo

Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
Arts & Humanities

20 Movie Musicals with Columbia Connections

Since the early days of sound cinema, Columbia writers, composers, performers, and filmmakers have contributed to musicals on screen

image of Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg
Arts & Humanities

Bob Dylan 1965: The Columbia Connection

With A Complete Unknown up for Oscars, we look at the contributions of two other Columbians to the legend of Dylan in that watershed year

Columbia Journalism School professor Samuel Freedman
Arts & Humanities

The Art of the Book Deal

How professor Samuel G. Freedman has helped more than a hundred students get coveted book contracts

Fissure by Jonathan Prince
Arts & Humanities

From Surgeon to Sculptor

Celebrated artist Jonathan Prince ’80DM draws inspiration from his brief career as a maxillofacial surgeon

Joan Tower
Arts & Humanities

Joan Tower: An Uncommon Composer

At 86, the composer and pianist is still playing at a fast tempo

“Arctic Watch,” a portrait of spectacled eiders by Adam Grimm, placed first in the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp art contest
Arts & Humanities

The Impact and Artistry of the Federal Duck Stamp

Avian paleontologist Daniel Ksepka ’07GSAS, curator of science at the Bruce Museum, celebrates the artwork of a federal fundraiser

New Yorker cover and Corey Ford
Arts & Humanities

The Columbian Who Invented Eustace Tilley

Corey Ford 1923CC and the birth of The New Yorker

Elle Fanning and Timothee Chalamet in A Complete Unknown
Arts & Humanities

11 New and Upcoming Films from Columbia Grads

Alumni writers, directors, producers, and actors are making waves at festivals and in theaters

A Long Island home designed by Gideon Mendelson. (Eric Piasecki)
Arts & Humanities

How to Revamp Your Home in 2025

Drawing from nature, history, and emerging trends, four alumni interior designers share their wisdom

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