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.
Can this Columbia Alum Fix NYC’s Rat Problem?
Shaun Abreu ’14CC, chair of the New York City Council’s sanitation committee, aims to clean up Morningside Heights and beyond
How Social Media Affects the Teenage Brain
Scholars at Columbia peer into the plugged-in adolescent mind and assess the impacts of a digital upbringing
The Hottest Youth Basketball Program in Brooklyn
With Flames, Gerard Papa ’72CC, ’74SIPA, ’75LAW has been bringing New York kids together since 1974
How Herman Hollerith Helped Launch the Information Age
The Columbia-trained statistician transformed everything from census counts to election tallies, and prefigured modern computing
The Life-and-Death Struggle of Coral Reefs
As warming seas threaten these essential marine ecosystems, Braddock Linsley drills down on their history
The Basketball Coach Who Tamed the Columbia Lions
Under Megan Griffith ’07CC, the women’s basketball program has leapt to the top of the Ivies. How far can this team go?
The Benefits of Donating Your Body to Medical Science
Columbia’s Anatomical Donor Program gives students the education of a lifetime — and donors some posthumous perks
The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies
As new trials show that psilocybin and LSD may help treat depression and anxiety, mental-health providers get ready for a revolution
Inside Gotham Chopra’s Religion of Sports
The documentary filmmaker argues that the world of sports is a faith like any other
Tightrope Walker Philippe Petit Tackles the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Again)
More than forty years after his first trip above Amsterdam Avenue, the high-wire artist returns with an added challenge.