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.
Honoring George Chauncey, a Scholar of Gay History
The Columbia professor recently won the coveted John W. Kluge Prize
How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever
How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.
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