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Can't Concentrate? Here's How to Focus in the Digital Age

In Attention Span, Gloria Mark ’91GSAS shares how technology has affected our ability to focus — and how we can get that skill back

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10 Great Books Written at the Hungarian Pastry Shop

Here are just a few of the acclaimed books written, at least in part, at the shop’s cramped tables

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The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral

Psychologist Ethan Kross ’07GSAS suggests strategies to root out negative self-talk 

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Boas reenacts a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives)

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology

A century ago, when people believed that human potential was determined by race and gender, a maverick Columbia professor decided everyone was wrong

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The Human Backside: A Scientific and Cultural History

In her first book, Butts, journalist Heather Radke ’19SOA takes a serious look at a cheeky topic

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6 Exciting New Books for Winter

From Darryl Pinckney ’88CC, Lynn Steger Strong ’14SOA, and other Columbia authors

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The Secret Romance That Inspired T. S. Eliot

A review of The Hyacinth Girl, by Lyndall Gordon ’73GSAS

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The Complex History and Wondrous Potential of Cell Research

A review of Song of the Cell, by oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee

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A Queer Mystery in the Bible Belt

In her memoir Diary of Misfit, Casey Parks ’18JRN investigates the story of a Louisiana man with a secret identity

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9 Fascinating Artifacts Found Buried Under New York City

Archeologists uncover historic curiosities beneath the streets

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Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Nephrologist F. Perry Wilson '06VPS demystifies the medical field and explains how patients and physicians can build better relationships

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Are Your Deepest, Darkest Secrets Keeping You Down?

Columbia Business School professor Michael Slepian argues that keeping secrets runs contrary to the human instinct to share our experiences with others 

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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism

La Carmina, an award-winning blogger, journalist, and author, offers a spirited defense of the often-misunderstood religion

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What’s so Feminist About Fitness?

Journalist Danielle Friedman ’09JRN discusses the history of a multibillion-dollar industry 

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6 New Books for Fall

All by Columbia authors

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Can Psychic Visions Save Us?

In The Premonitions Bureau, Sam Knight ’04JRN tells the true story of a maverick psychiatrist who believed in the power of the paranormal

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