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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

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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

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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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Lessons of Jewish History

For seventy-five years, the Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia has connected the community to the currents of Jewish thought

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Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
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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
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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
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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
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From Surgeon to Sculptor

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

Joan Tower
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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
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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
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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)
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How to Revamp Your Home in 2025

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

Elodie Yung and Charlie Cox as Elektra Natchios and Matt Murdock in the Netflix series Daredevil.
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Comic-Book Characters Who Went to Columbia

If you want to give superheroes (and supervillains) intellectual credibility, make them Ivy League alumni

Hiroyuki Sanada in Shogun
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6 Emmy-Winning Programs to Stream

Columbia alumni won big at the 2024 Primetime, Creative Arts, and News and Documentary Emmys

Drawing of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater
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7 Unique Collections to Visit at Columbia

Discover some of the most fascinating (but lesser known) archives and art spaces on campus

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