Fall 2010
Columbia social workers are pulling back the curtain on AIDS in Central Asia, where the epidemic is spreading faster than anywhere else in the world.
Features
Alumni
You and Whose Army?
Lt. Col. Jason Dempsey ’08GSAS takes on conventional wisdom about politics in the military
Science & Technology
Oil + Water
Oil industry expert and geophysicist Roger N. Anderson on the technical aspects of the Gulf of Mexico disaster
Arts & Humanities
The Ballad of Kitt & Yorkey
How did Next to Normal, a musical about bipolar disorder written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, ever make it to Broadway?
College Walk
Alumni
Second to None
Inspired by David McCullough's biography, George Baker '69CC, '73LAW revels in impersonating John Adams
Explorations
Science & Technology
Creating a Better Biofuel
Engineering professor Scott Banta looks for a cost-efficient replacement for gasoline
Science & Technology
Children and the Poor Hurt Worst by Gulf Spill
One in five people say they earn less money now than before the spill, and eight percent say they lost their jobs. Households with incomes under $25,000 were most affected
Health & Medicine
New Gel Reduces Women’s Risk of HIV
Women soon may be able to better protect themselves using a gel created by epidemiology professors Salim S. Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim
Network
Books
Bulletin
On Campus
New York’s Highest Court: Manhattanville Development Can Move Forward
Columbia plans to construct 16 buildings for science, business, the arts, University housing, and other uses on about 17 acres of land north of 129th Street
On Campus
Philanthropist Dawn M. Greene Passes Away at 88
Mrs. Greene continued a tradition of philanthropy in education, the arts, and medicine begun by her late husband, Jerome L. Greene ’26CC, ’28LAW
On Campus
Financial-Aid Benefactor John W. Kluge, 1914—2010
An extraordinary businessman and Columbia University’s greatest benefactor, Kluge died on September 7 at his home outside Charlottesville, Va
On Campus
Our Nuclear Summer
Students explore world-politics issues at the Hertog Global Strategy Initiative summer program
On Campus
Designer Kenneth Cole Sponsors Community-Engagement Program
The fellowships will prepare students to solve challenges faced by local communities
On Campus
Defender of the “Obscene”
Columbia’s libraries have acquired the papers of Barney Rosset, who brought major works by Henry Miller and William S. Burroughs to American readers for the first time
On Campus
The Curtain Rises on a Rich Season for Miller Theatre
The 2010–11 season offers a broad sampling of music through five intriguing series
On Campus
Breaking Character
Fifty participants in the World Economic Forum’s Global Leadership Fellows Programme came to Columbia for a weeklong series of intensive drama workshops
On Campus
"Columbia" Wins Design and Editorial Prizes
The magazine receives awards for the Fall 2009 cover and more