Paul Hond
Senior Editor
Paul joined Columbia Magazine in 2006. His pieces for the magazine have been reprinted in Longreads, Truthout, and Reader's Digest.
Tenement Museum President Annie Polland Opens Doors to the Immigrant Past
How the leader of the venerable Lower East Side institution preserves New York City’s multicultural history
This Columbian Cowrote the Bible of SNL
Fifty years after Saturday Night Live’s premiere, Doug Hill ’76JRN looks back on his influential 1986 book
Avery Library’s Newest Treasures
The library’s first public exhibition in five years showcased recent acquisitions from Frances Halsband, Michael Sorkin ’71GSAS, and others
How Do You Write the Story of Mike Tyson?
For Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson, Mark Kriegel ’86JRN had to revisit his own past as a sportswriter
Farewell, Linden Trees; Hello, Cherry Blossoms
A tree replacement on College Walk lets us branch out, sit down, and plug in
A Brief History of Science Funding
Universities have come to rely on federal funding to support scientific and medical research. How did we get here?
How Do We Change the Way We Eat?
Our industrialized food system is harming our health and warming the planet. Columbia experts weigh in on solutions
A Death Investigator Learns to Live
Barbara Butcher ’83PH spent two decades behind police tape in New York City, examining bodies. Now, she reflects on the hard lessons learned
A Free Press in Peril?
At a Columbia Journalism School forum, New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger assessed the threat
Columbia Lou and Cocky Collins Ride Again
100 years ago, Columbia baseball greats Lou Gehrig and Eddie Collins 1907CC made their own bids for the record books
How Robert Moog Launched Music into the Electronic Age
Sixty years ago, the Columbia-trained inventor introduced a keyboard synthesizer that would change the musical soundscape
Five Years and 70,000 Pieces of Scaffolding Equal One Miraculous Restoration
Barry Bergdoll ’77CC, ’86GSAS discusses the renovation of Notre-Dame