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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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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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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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Lessons of Jewish History

For seventy-five years, the Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia has connected the community to the currents of Jewish thought

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Gay history scholar George Chauncey
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Honoring George Chauncey, a Scholar of Gay History

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

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

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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

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

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

Zora Neale Hurston
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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

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

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

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10 Iconic Buildings and Spaces Designed by Columbia Architects

From Grand Central Terminal to the High Line

Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane at Columbia Law School in Suits
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Fictional Columbia Alumni: TV Edition

37 characters you may not know went to Columbia.

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
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Daniel Alarcón Tells Stories Without Borders

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

Frank Scaturro outside Grant's Tomb
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The Battle for Grant’s Tomb

How a Columbia undergrad saved the grave of the 18th president

Columbia alumni news anchors Jennifer Ashton, Vladimir Duthiers, Catherine Herridge, Max Kellerman, Larry Madowo, Cynthia McFadden, Ryan Smith, Mariana van Zeller, Dan Abrams, Adriana Diaz, Poppy Harlow, Athena Jones, Howard Kurtz, Suzanne Malveaux, Morgan Radford, George Stephanopoulos
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18 Columbia Alumni News Anchors to Keep You in the Know

Stay up to date with these TV broadcast journalists

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