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.
The Laws of Subduction
The Marcus G. Langseth gathers seismic data under the ocean
The Double-Edged Helix
To write about DNA ancestry testing, sociology professor Alondra Nelson immersed herself in the world of African-American genealogy
Paint by Numbers
Helena Kauppila '10GSAS wants the dispersal of objects in her paintings to be as arbitrary as the scattering of stars in the galaxies
Producer's Chair
Maureen Ryan '92SOA is the new chair of the Columbia film department
Liquid Assets
As the California drought brings home the global problem of water scarcity, Columbia engineers are advancing a challenging idea: reusing our wastewater
Capturing the Emperor
Barak Goodman's latest film, a six-hour adaptation of The Emperor of All Maladies, has been the documentarian's most intricate assignment yet
Notes of a Literary Partisan
We talk with literary and cultural critic Morris Dickstein '61CC about his book Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education
The Hippocratic Overture
Students at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons are getting ready to practice. Will it make them better doctors?
The Ebola Web
As the Ebola virus ravages West Africa, Columbians race to stop an epidemic