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Five Years and 70,000 Pieces of Scaffolding Equal One Miraculous Restoration
Notre-Dame Cathedral during renovation
Arts & Humanities

Five Years and 70,000 Pieces of Scaffolding Equal One Miraculous Restoration

Barry Bergdoll ’77CC, ’86GSAS discusses the renovation of Notre-Dame

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Blonde Knockout
Illustration by Mark Steele of a game show

Blonde Knockout

Dr. Joyce Brothers '53GSAS wins big

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

32 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia
Collage of celebrities who graduated from Columbia: Jacques Pépin, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jenny Slate, Kate McKinnon, Matthew Fox, Amanda Seales, George Segal, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Jesse Bradford, Judy Joo

32 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia

These actors, comedians, and TV personalities have all called Morningside Heights home

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A New Film Examines a Wrongful Execution
Film poster for "The Phantom" documentary
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A New Film Examines a Wrongful Execution

In The Phantom, a Columbia Law School investigation takes center stage

20 Years of Jazz Performance at Columbia
Illustration by Greg Betza of jazz musicians for Columbia Magazine, Fall 2021
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20 Years of Jazz Performance at Columbia

Since 2001, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program has allowed non-music majors to study America’s premier art form

A Unique Meditation on Birding
The Great Bird Blind Debate exhibition
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A Unique Meditation on Birding

Inside “The Great Bird Blind Debate,” an exhibition from David Brooks ’09SOA and Mark Dion

Fictional Columbia Alumni: Film Edition
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road
Arts & Humanities

Fictional Columbia Alumni: Film Edition

18 movie (and book-to-movie) characters who graced the Morningside Heights campus

Pass the Remote: 6 Women Shaping the Future of TV
Illustrations by Bijou Karman of filmmakers Amy Talkington, Nicole Kassell, Cherien Dabis, Gina Fattore, Smriti Mundhra, Anna Winger
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Pass the Remote: 6 Women Shaping the Future of TV

These alumnae directors, screenwriters, and producers have found enviable success in the streaming era

Radio Made the Video Stars
MTV founders Alan Goodman and Fred Seibert
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Radio Made the Video Stars

How two guys from Columbia's WKCR launched MTV

MFA Students Launch a Literary Journal for Veterans
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MFA Students Launch a Literary Journal for Veterans

The Line invites former military personnel and their families to share their stories

The Experience Designer Behind Prince’s Paisley Park
Mycotoo cofounder Fri Forjindam photographed by Kaye McCoy
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The Experience Designer Behind Prince’s Paisley Park

Fri Forjindam ’05SOA has the enviable task of memorializing the late artist’s life and work

Columbia Grads at the Golden Globes: A Partial History
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Columbia Grads at the Golden Globes: A Partial History

17 alumni-affiliated films that have won major awards

7 Photos that Capture the Heartbreak of Climate Change
Photo of an Inuit child by Katie Orlinsky
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7 Photos that Capture the Heartbreak of Climate Change

Photojournalist Katie Orlinsky ’12JRN has spent over six years documenting one of the most environmentally vulnerable areas of the world

Meetings of the Minds
Illustration by Joe Ciardiello of Margaret Mead, W.H. Auden, and Hannah Arendt by Joe Ciardiello for Columbia Magazine, winter 2020-21
Arts & Humanities

Meetings of the Minds

The Columbia University Seminars, one of academia’s shining (and somewhat secret) traditions, celebrates seventy-five years of free and civil dialogue

The Worst Moment of His Life Became a Work of Art
Bronze statue in Sioux City, Iowa of Spencer Bailey being carried to safety after a 1989 plane crash
Arts & Humanities

The Worst Moment of His Life Became a Work of Art

A new book by Spencer Bailey ’10JRN lends a unique perspective on the purpose and power of memorials

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