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Fall 2010

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Surveyors on the New Silk Road

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

Oil + Water
Illustration of BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
Science & Technology

Oil + Water

Oil industry expert and geophysicist Roger N. Anderson on the technical aspects of the Gulf of Mexico disaster

The Ballad of Kitt & Yorkey
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
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?

You and Whose Army?
Jason Dempsey
Alumni

You and Whose Army?

Lt. Col. Jason Dempsey ’08GSAS takes on conventional wisdom about politics in the military

Aguas Calientes: A Short Story
Painting of the back of a woman's head
Arts & Humanities

Aguas Calientes: A Short Story

Fiction by Lauren Grodstein '97CC, '01SOA

College Walk

Second to None
Sculpture illustration of George Baker as John Adams
Alumni

Second to None

Inspired by David McCullough's biography, George Baker '69CC, '73LAW revels in impersonating John Adams

Future Shock
DNA double helix
Science & Technology

Future Shock

A controversial form of stem-cell research is well under way

Remembrance: Jack Beeson
Alice Neel's 1979 portrait of Jack Beeson
Arts & Humanities

Remembrance: Jack Beeson

A former student pays tribute to the master composer

Poem: "Opuntia littoralis"
Pears
Arts & Humanities

Poem: "Opuntia littoralis"

By Moira Egan ’92SOA

Explorations

New Gel Reduces Women’s Risk of HIV
Salim S. Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim
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

Creating a Better Biofuel
Scott Banta in lab
Science & Technology

Creating a Better Biofuel

Engineering professor Scott Banta looks for a cost-efficient replacement for gasoline

Children and the Poor Hurt Worst by Gulf Spill
Gulf Coast resident Bridget Hargrove and her family wade in pools away from contaminated ocean water in Grand Islae, La., on May 21. (Reuters / Sean Gardner)
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

Network

Karen Russell, Gerry Lenfest, and Other Alumni in the News
Karen Russell
Alumni

Karen Russell, Gerry Lenfest, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Books

Book Review: "Perfect Reader"
Cover of "Perfect Reader" by Maggie Pouncey
Books

Book Review: "Perfect Reader"

By Maggie Pouncey '00CC, '08SOA

Atlantic & Pacific
People stepping off the SS Athenia in 1939
Books

Atlantic & Pacific

Two new books evoke the lingering lessons of World War II

Book Review: "Norman Podhoretz: A Biography"
Norman Podhoretz
Books

Book Review: "Norman Podhoretz: A Biography"

By Thomas L. Jeffers

Book Review: "Lay the Favorite"
Cover of "Lay the Favorite"
Books

Book Review: "Lay the Favorite"

A Memoir of Gambling, by Beth Raymer '08SOA

Murder in Berlin
Cover of "The Informer" by Craig Nova
Books

Murder in Berlin

An interview with Craig Nova ’69SOA, author of The Informer.

Bulletin

The Curtain Rises on a Rich Season for Miller Theatre
Matthias Pintscher
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

Breaking Character
Theater student and instructor
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

"Columbia" Wins Design and Editorial Prizes
Columbia Magazine fall 2009 cover
On Campus

"Columbia" Wins Design and Editorial Prizes

The magazine receives awards for the Fall 2009 cover and more

New York’s Highest Court: Manhattanville Development Can Move Forward
Demolition zone at 129th and 130th Street in Manhattanville
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 

Philanthropist Dawn M. Greene Passes Away at 88
Dawn M. Greene
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

Financial-Aid Benefactor John W. Kluge, 1914—2010
John W. Kluge
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

Our Nuclear Summer
Mira Rapp-Hooper, a PhD candidate in political science at Columbia, presents research she conducted this summer as part of the new Hertog Global Strategy Initiative
On Campus

Our Nuclear Summer

Students explore world-politics issues at the Hertog Global Strategy Initiative summer program

Designer Kenneth Cole Sponsors Community-Engagement Program
Kenneth Cole
On Campus

Designer Kenneth Cole Sponsors Community-Engagement Program

The fellowships will prepare students to solve challenges faced by local communities

Defender of the “Obscene”
Barney Rosset
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

Finals

Angelheaded Hipsters
Photo of Allen Ginsberg at typewriter
Alumni

Angelheaded Hipsters

James Franco becomes Allen Ginsberg ’48CC

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