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Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia
collage of Alfred Hitchcock with movie images and Low Library
Arts & Humanities

Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia

In 1972, film-studies professor Stefan Sharff brought his idol Alfred Hitchcock to campus to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters

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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All
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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All

The improbable tale of Santa Claus, Columbia, and Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas"

Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections
Sissy Spacek in Carrie

Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections

These haunting tales are perfect for a morbid movie night at home

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

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Poem: "Feeding a Poem to a Horse"
Horse
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Poem: "Feeding a Poem to a Horse"

By Alan Michael Parker ’87SOA

Nibs and Nibbles
Cartoon illustration of Pulitzer recipients eating lunch in Low Library
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Nibs and Nibbles

The 2011 Pulitzer Prize recipients clink glasses in celebration of their achievements in journalism, literature, and music

Fiction: "Daughter, Lost"
Painting of orchids in watering can on windowsill
Arts & Humanities

Fiction: "Daughter, Lost"

By Julie Wu '96PS

A Sentimental Education
Illustration of Tony Kushner and famous writers
Arts & Humanities

A Sentimental Education

Playwright and political activist Tony Kushner '78CC provides insight into his intellectual development

Feeding the Meter
Painting of the Grolier Poetry Book Shop
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Feeding the Meter

The improbable origins of poet Keith O’Shaughnessy's first book

Thinking of You: A Short Story
Postcard of tropical island
Arts & Humanities

Thinking of You: A Short Story

By Emma Aarnes ’09SOA

The Power of Lingering
Photo of man reading newspaper on street in Shanghai, by Howard French
Arts & Humanities

The Power of Lingering

To shoot his photo essay Disappearing Shanghai, J-school professor Howard French had to make something else fade from view: himself

Aguas Calientes: A Short Story
Painting of the back of a woman's head
Arts & Humanities

Aguas Calientes: A Short Story

Fiction by Lauren Grodstein '97CC, '01SOA

The Ballad of Kitt & Yorkey
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Arts & Humanities

The Ballad of Kitt & Yorkey

How did Next to Normal, a musical about bipolar disorder written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, ever make it to Broadway?

Poem: "Opuntia littoralis"
Pears
Arts & Humanities

Poem: "Opuntia littoralis"

By Moira Egan ’92SOA

Remembrance: Jack Beeson
Alice Neel's 1979 portrait of Jack Beeson
Arts & Humanities

Remembrance: Jack Beeson

A former student pays tribute to the master composer

2010: An Artspace Odyssey
"Portrait of Talia with Lilly on the Couch," by Van Hanos (oil on linen)
Arts & Humanities

2010: An Artspace Odyssey

Exploring the mixed-media landscape of this year's MFA thesis exhibition

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