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.
Articles by Paul Hond
The Sharks Are Back in New York
A sailing anthropologist sinks his teeth into human-shark relations
George Takei: A Star’s Trek
The actor and activist speaks about Japanese-American internment, marriage, and the America of his dreams
Columbia B-School’s New Home Is Open for Business
Architect Charles Renfro ’94GSAPP leads a walk-through of the new buildings in Manhattanville
A Top Scholar of Ukrainian Literature Holds Fast to Hope
Mark Andryczyk of Columbia’s Harriman Institute reflects on Ukraine’s cultural resilience
Madeleine Albright, One of Columbia’s Greatest Ambassadors
In her final years, the former US secretary of state was a campus mainstay
The Trials of Solitary Confinement
Columbia’s Justice Lab takes aim at a controversial practice
6 Fascinating Finds from Columbia’s Archives
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s new director shares some of her favorites from the collection
Brain Games: How the Mind Performs Under Pressure
What neuroscience and psychology can tell us about baseball – and ourselves
How Zora Neale Hurston’s Love for a Fellow Columbia Student Changed American Literature
The writer's romance with Percival "Percy" Punter '35GSAS inspired Their Eyes Were Watching God
Shaping the Future of Public Health
At 100, Columbia’s Mailman School prepares to address some major societal challenges
The Peculiar Perils of Literary Translation
In balancing authenticity with readability, translators tackle a seemingly impossible art
The Remarkable Power of Poop
In The Other Dark Matter, journalist Lina Zeldovich ’12JRN says we are wasting a valuable scientific and economic asset