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John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Benjamin Franklin
Arts & Humanities

The Columbia-Educated Lawyer Who Helped Write the Declaration of Independence

Robert Livingston 1765KC may have missed the document’s official signing, but his anti-tyranny legal philosophy still resonates today

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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

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

Jeff Bridges and Barbara Streisand on Columbia University campus in The Mirror Has Two Faces

Columbia in the Movies

22 films in which Columbia makes a cameo

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5 Media Organizations that Spotlight Underreported News

Alumni journalists are tackling human-rights issues and serving readers in practical ways

Illustration of members of the Mankiewicz family by Nicole Rifkin
Arts & Humanities

How the Mankiewicz Family Got Their Hollywood Ending

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

Ivan Rome on a film set
Arts & Humanities

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

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
Arts & Humanities

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
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

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

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

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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
Arts & Humanities

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 

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