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Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia
collage of Alfred Hitchcock with movie images and Low Library
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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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Learning to Truss
A partial building design pictured in Low Library was created by architecture students and now is displayed on the lower level of Avery Hall through the end of April (Mark Bearak '08GSAPP).
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Learning to Truss

As part of the architecture school’s 125th anniversary, graduate students created two structures in Low Library to demonstrate a novel building approach

Colonel of Truth
Illustration of André Malraux
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Colonel of Truth

André Malraux at Columbia

Blonde Knockout
Illustration by Mark Steele of a game show
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Blonde Knockout

Dr. Joyce Brothers '53GSAS wins big

A Museum Grows in Chinatown
Photo by Paul Calhoun of Chinese laundry workers in Chinatown on lunch break in the 1980s
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A Museum Grows in Chinatown

Columbians tap their roots to bring a community’s history to the world

A Brush With the Past
Painter Jacob Collins in studio, photographed by Sarah Shatz for Columbia Magazine
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A Brush With the Past

Painter and teacher Jacob Collins '86CC steps outside the art establishment to give a lesson in reality

Bob the Builder
Young Robert Moses standing in front of a map of New York City
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Bob the Builder

A series of exhibitions and symposia offers new perspectives on the city that Robert Moses built

A Proud Inheritance
Kiran Desai
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A Proud Inheritance

With storytelling in her blood, novelist Kiran Desai '99SOA wins the Man Booker Prize

Brooklyn Beat
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Brooklyn Beat

Bergdoll Named MoMA’s Curator for Architecture and Design
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Bergdoll Named MoMA’s Curator for Architecture and Design

Walk the Line
The high line in 2000, photographed by Joel Sternfeld
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Walk the Line

The fight to put Manhattan’s High Line on a whole new track

Shoot the Piano Player
Illustration of Dick Hyman with a keyboard, by PJ Loughran
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Shoot the Piano Player

Has the ultimate Dick Hyman movie already been made?

Pointe Taken
Alicia Graf Mack photographed in 2006 by Lois Greenfield for Columbia Magazine
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Pointe Taken

After a knee injury nearly ended her career, Alicia Graf '03GS is back on her toes

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