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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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Supriya Ganesh on The Pitt

From Columbia to The Pitt

For Supriya Ganesh ’19CC, starring in the Emmy-nominated hospital drama wasn’t a far cry from reality

Collage of Oscar-winning movies with Columbia connections

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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Illustrations by Bijou Karman of filmmakers Amy Talkington, Nicole Kassell, Cherien Dabis, Gina Fattore, Smriti Mundhra, Anna Winger
Arts & Humanities

Pass the Remote: 6 Women Shaping the Future of TV

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

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

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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

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

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Columbia Grads at the Golden Globes: A Partial History

17 alumni-affiliated films that have won major awards

Photo of an Inuit child by Katie Orlinsky
Arts & Humanities

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

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

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

Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's librettist
Arts & Humanities

How Mozart’s Librettist Became the Father of Italian Studies at Columbia

The curious cross-continental tale of Lorenzo Da Ponte

Betti-Sue Hertz, curator of Columbia's Wallach Gallery
Arts & Humanities

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

Artist Hugh Hayden
Arts & Humanities

Hugh Hayden Funds Art Fellowships

The new program will aid art students who have demonstrated leadership in the African-American and African diaspora communities

Bing Guan
Arts & Humanities

A Lens on Global Unrest

In the past year, photojournalist Bing Guan '17GS has captured images of major uprisings across the globe

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