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Dial M for Morningside: Hitchcock at Columbia
collage of Alfred Hitchcock with movie images and Low Library
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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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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All
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The Story Behind the Most Famous Christmas Poem of All

The improbable tale of Santa Claus, Columbia, and Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas"

Spooky Movies to Stream this Halloween — all with Columbia Connections
Sissy Spacek in Carrie

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

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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
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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
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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
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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

How Mozart’s Librettist Became the Father of Italian Studies at Columbia
Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's librettist
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How Mozart’s Librettist Became the Father of Italian Studies at Columbia

The curious cross-continental tale of Lorenzo Da Ponte

The Curator in a Time of Chaos
Betti-Sue Hertz, curator of Columbia's Wallach Gallery
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The Curator in a Time of Chaos

Through the pandemic, Wallach Art Gallery curator Betti-Sue Hertz has kept her eyes on the big picture with two new exhibitions

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