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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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Beauty by Numbers
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Beauty by Numbers

Art history meets data science

Pat 'n Leather
Illustration by Craig Larotonda of Pat Boone performing metal music
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Pat 'n Leather

Pat Boone '58GS talks about his music career

The Great Debaters
Malcolm X photographed by Robert Parent
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The Great Debaters

As a professor at Rutgers, champion debater William Neal Brown '50SW would face his most daunting opponent — Malcolm X

Sound Stages
Taylor Brodsky with child, photographed by Chris Ho
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Sound Stages

Irene Taylor Brodsky '97JRN made an award-winning documentary about her deaf parents. Now, as a mother, she is gaining a new understanding of the subject

Firebird Rising
Illustration of a sound engineer working behind the scenes at a concert hall, by Philippe Lechien
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Firebird Rising

In the bowels of Philosophy Hall, a shocking sound

Simple and Direct
Jacques Barzun in 1947 (Richard Rutledge / Condé Nast Archive)
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Simple and Direct

A former student recalls Jacques Barzun's clarity of mind and pen

One-Shot Guy
Les Halles, Paris, circa 1970, by Al Mercado
Arts & Humanities

One-Shot Guy

Photographer Al Mercado lost a lot of pictures, but those he saved are gems

The Road Not Taken
Illustration by Michael Witte of Jack Kerouac presenting a book typed on a scroll of paper to his editor
Arts & Humanities

The Road Not Taken

Jack Kerouac's On the Road turns 50

The Fixer
Columbia Magazine Logo
Arts & Humanities

The Fixer

Can editor Franklin Foer rescue the New Republic?

Working Skiffs
People building a boat in a workshop, photographed by Vernon Doucette
Arts & Humanities

Working Skiffs

Against the tide, the kids in Joe Youcha's workshop are carving out their futures

Executor Privilege
W.H. Auden in 1939
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Executor Privilege

Edward Mendelson on W. H. Auden

Moving Picture
"Hartley and Andrew" by Alice Neel
Arts & Humanities

Moving Picture

Alice Neel made art on her own terms; but as a new film by her grandson Andrew Neel '01CC suggests, her family paid a price

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