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.
Engineers ...and Librarians! to the Rescue
Columbia staff and students get creative in combating a shortage of face masks
The Smart Person’s Guide to Aging
How EPIC, an organization of retired professors and administrators, helps its members keep active and stay curious in their senior years
Shakespeare With a Twist
Local students attend a Columbia School of the Arts performance of Twelfth Night
Silence in the Quads
The cancellation of classes — and commencement — has left the Columbia campus eerily empty
The First Pulitzer Prize
Joseph Pulitzer, the man behind the awards for journalism, literature, drama, and music, spared no expense when it came to his own writing desk
A Time-Out for the Planet
Grappling with COVID and climate on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
Zen and the Art of Honeybee Maintenance
Eli Lichter-Marck ’08CC, a California beekeeper, went searching for purpose and truth. He also found sweetness and light
When Columbia’s President Ran for US President
100 years ago, Nicholas Murray Butler wanted to go to Washington. It didn’t turn out well
Martin Luther King Jr. at Columbia
In two speeches, Dr. King inspired students to sit in, speak out, and stand up
The Miraculous Beauty and Healing Power of Ordinary Bacteria
Biomedical engineer Tal Danino finds both art and new cancer-fighting therapies in Earth's most abundant lifeforms
The Columbia Vegan Society and the Rise of Plant-Based Culture
You can have your dairy-free, egg-free cake and protect the planet, too
The Conversion of St. Paul’s
Scaffolding around Columbia’s most breathtaking structure comes down — and all eyes look up