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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

Aimee Ng, chief curator at the Frick Collection
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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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Art on Campus

Touring the Wallach Gallery 

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Expanding Context: The Arts at Columbia

An essay by School of the Arts dean Bruce W. Ferguson

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Anthony Hecht: The Larger Order

The poet is revered for work that has, for nearly half a century, embraced the tension of chaos and order

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The Music of Communion

The lucid, distinctly American music of John Corigliano has established him as one of the most highly acclaimed composers of our time

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A Master of the American Opera

In his half-century on Morningside Heights, Jack Beeson had an enduring impact on Columbia's music department

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The Project of Making: Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont

Beaumont's poems are detailed assemblages of sounds, personas, and material relics

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A World of Families

The photographs of Ken Heyman

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Brander Matthews and Theater Studies at Columbia

Playwright, novelist, critic, and teacher, Brander Matthews brought the study of dramatic literature to Columbia

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Mark Van Doren as Poet and Teacher

Reflections from poet, critic, editor, and Yale professor John Hollander ’50C ’52GSAS

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What Columbia College is Known For

The Humanities program that grew out of John Erskine's "General Honors" course set a standard of excellence that is a hallmark of a Columbia education 

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The Beginnings of the Great Books Movement at Columbia

John Van Doren '52GSAS reflects on the visionary thinking that inspired his father and his colleagues to bring the Great Books to Columbia College

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The Many Lives of Moses Hadas

Teacher, translator, scholar, rabbi, husband, and father—an affectionate portrait of Moses Hadas by his daughter Rachel Hadas

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