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A'Lelia Bundles
Arts & Humanities

How Writer A’Lelia Bundles, Descendant of Madam C. J. Walker, Found Her Subject

Through sweeping biographies of her foremothers, the author shares a dazzling American inheritance. Her own story belongs on the same high shelf

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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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Photo by Thomas Roma from "Enduring Justice"
Arts & Humanities

A Book-Sized World

A new exhibition this winter will feature a selection of Professor Thomas Roma's modest and intimate photographs

Kathryn Bigelow with cinematographer Barry Ackroyd and script supervisor Aslaug Konradsdottir in the Madaba Refugee Camp near Amman, Jordan
Arts & Humanities

Shoot Shoot, Bang Bang

The visceral cinema of Kathryn Bigelow ’79SOA has heady theoretical roots

Photo of film reels
Arts & Humanities

Dance Party

Columbians at the Sundance Film Festival

Illustration by Philippe Lechien of Philippe Petit walking tightrope between Twin Towers with an Oscar statue on his head
Arts & Humanities

High Art

Man on Wire, the 2008 documentary coproduced by film professor Maureen Ryan '92SOA, wins an Oscar

Painting of outdoor cafe by Joe McKendry
Arts & Humanities

Fiction: "Here or There"

By Jay Neugeboren '59CC

Illustrated portrait of Barack Obama by Andrea Ventura (2008)
Arts & Humanities

Politics for Grown-Ups

Revisiting Richard Hofstadter’s “Paranoid Style” in the Age of Obama

Video cassette over yellow background
Arts & Humanities

Matinee Hero

Mr. Kim's Video says goodbye to Morningside Heights

Bass Wilbur Pauley at Miller Theatre
Arts & Humanities

Stage Flight

The Miller Theatre's 20th season takes off with a bold U.S. premiere. Impresario George Steel discusses the Miller's commitment to the original and the adventurous

Emanuel Ax photographed by Sarah Shatz
Arts & Humanities

The Modest Virtuoso

Pianist Emanuel Ax has scaled astonishing musical heights. But his feet are still very much on the ground

Sir John Gilbert's 1873 watercolor Cordelia in the Court of King Lear
Arts & Humanities

The Undying Animal

A critic reminds us why literature still matters

Black
Arts & Humanities

Back to Black

An exhibition of paintings by Ad Reinhardt '35CC at the Guggenheim

Collage illustration of Vampire Weekend band in car
Arts & Humanities

The Grateful Undead

Vampire Weekend is staking its claim as one of the hottest and most original bands around — and having a bloody good time

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