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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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Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections
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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

The Last Beat
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The New York Times, August 18, 1944.

The Last Beat

A murder in Riverside Park changed the lives of a group of Columbia undergrads. Did it change literature as well?

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How the Mankiewicz Family Got Their Hollywood Ending
Illustration of members of the Mankiewicz family by Nicole Rifkin
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How the Mankiewicz Family Got Their Hollywood Ending

How Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz ’92JRN brought a four-generation Columbia family all together

Screenwriter Ivan Rome Looks Homeward
Ivan Rome on a film set
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Screenwriter Ivan Rome Looks Homeward

As the inaugural recipient of the Bobby Kashif Cox Memorial Scholarship, the MFA student takes inspiration from his native Georgia

Honoring George Chauncey, a Scholar of Gay History
Gay history scholar George Chauncey
Arts & Humanities

Honoring George Chauncey, a Scholar of Gay History

The Columbia professor recently won the coveted John W. Kluge Prize

Raising My Voice for Ukraine
Journalist Masha Udensiva-Brenner
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Raising My Voice for Ukraine

How I found my own small way to take a stand against Russia's brutal war

Maude Latour: Confessions of a TikTok Pop Star
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Maude Latour: Confessions of a TikTok Pop Star

How the singer-songwriter and Columbia graduate found her voice – and her audience

A Top Scholar of Ukrainian Literature Holds Fast to Hope
Mark Andryczyk, head of the Ukrainian-studies program at Columbia University's Harriman Institute
Arts & Humanities

A Top Scholar of Ukrainian Literature Holds Fast to Hope

Mark Andryczyk of Columbia’s Harriman Institute reflects on Ukraine’s cultural resilience

How Zora Neale Hurston’s Love for a Fellow Columbia Student Changed American Literature
Zora Neale Hurston
Arts & Humanities

How Zora Neale Hurston’s Love for a Fellow Columbia Student Changed American Literature

The writer's romance with Percival "Percy" Punter '35GSAS inspired Their Eyes Were Watching God

6 Oscar-Nominated Films from Columbia Graduates
Olivia Coleman in the Lost Daughter
Arts & Humanities

6 Oscar-Nominated Films from Columbia Graduates

Catch up on these alumni-made movies before the Academy Awards ceremony on March 27

10 Iconic Buildings and Spaces Designed by Columbia Architects
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10 Iconic Buildings and Spaces Designed by Columbia Architects

From Grand Central Terminal to the High Line

Fictional Columbia Alumni: TV Edition
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Arts & Humanities

Fictional Columbia Alumni: TV Edition

37 characters you may not know went to Columbia.

The Peculiar Perils of Literary Translation
Conceptual illustration of hands translating books between French and Korean, by Melinda Beck
Arts & Humanities

The Peculiar Perils of Literary Translation

In balancing authenticity with readability, translators tackle a seemingly impossible art 

Daniel Alarcón Tells Stories Without Borders
Daniel Alarcón
Arts & Humanities

Daniel Alarcón Tells Stories Without Borders

The writer and MacArthur fellow chronicles life in Spanish and English, through fiction and fact

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