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A'Lelia Bundles
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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

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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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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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Richard Hofstadter: Columbia’s Evolutionary Historian

Thirty-five years after his death, the prolific author is still leaving his sometimes mordant mark

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The Concerned Eye of Jack Eisenberg

Eisenberg ’62CC began his photography career as the landmark Concerned Photographer exhibition started its international tour in 1967

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My Columbia

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Godzilla the Chameleon

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Reading Between the Acts

Director Peter Brook was drawn to the Columbia audience as much as it was drawn to him

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Our Babe in Beijing

Rachel DeWoskin's new book reveals her to be a subtle scholar of Sino-American perceptions and misperceptions

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Points of Light

An appreciation of the late Anthony Hecht

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Shelf Life

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Columbians Ahead of the Beat

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Laurie Hawkinson and the Art of Urban Architecture

The architect is involved in a pair of projects that aim to have a lasting impact on New York City.

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City in the Sky

A museum celebrates New York’s tallest buildings

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Making Art History at Columbia

Meyer Schapiro and Rudolf Wittkower

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