Fall 2010

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

How did Next to Normal, a musical about bipolar disorder written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, ever make it to Broadway?

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

Fiction by Lauren Grodstein '97CC, '01SOA

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

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

A former student pays tribute to the master composer

By Moira Egan ’92SOA

Women soon may be able to better protect themselves using a gel created by epidemiology professors Salim S. Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim

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

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

Columbians making headlines

Two new books evoke the lingering lessons of World War II

By Thomas L. Jeffers

A Memoir of Gambling, by Beth Raymer '08SOA

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

By Maggie Pouncey '00CC, '08SOA

Fifty participants in the World Economic Forum’s Global Leadership Fellows Programme came to Columbia for a weeklong series of intensive drama workshops

The magazine receives awards for the Fall 2009 cover and more

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 

Mrs. Greene continued a tradition of philanthropy in education, the arts, and medicine begun by her late husband, Jerome L. Greene ’26CC, ’28LAW

An extraordinary businessman and Columbia University’s greatest benefactor, Kluge died on September 7 at his home outside Charlottesville, Va

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

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

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

The 2010–11 season offers a broad sampling of music through five intriguing series

James Franco becomes Allen Ginsberg ’48CC