

Features

New Crop City
Can Dickson Despommier’s radical vision for urban agriculture take root in the United States?

Why We (Should) Read Trilling
Literary critic Lionel Trilling ’25CC, ’38GSAS been written off as out of date. Here's why he matters more than ever

The Looming Towers
Urban photographer Camilo José Vergara '77GSAS documented the Twin Towers as they rose and became pillars of the city below them
College Walk

Ten Years After
On the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, Columbia professors look back at the catastrophic event

Ghost Upon the Floor
A 19th-century mantelpiece in Butler Library has seen a lot of history
Explorations

A Step Toward Stem-Cell Therapy
Researchers have discovered a new way to create embryonic stem cells that contain a sick person’s unique DNA

Parks and Re-creation: African American Village Unearthed
Anthropologists dig up artifacts from Seneca Village, one of Manhattan's early African American settlements

Old-School Tools
The Homo erectus used advanced tool-making methods at least 300,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study

Dentists Join Fight Against Diabetes
Researchers at the College of Dental Medicine have found that dentists can play a significant role in fighting a major public-health crisis

The Power of Forgetting
A study demonstrates how the Internet is changing the way our brains work
Network

Alisa Weilerstein, Howard W. Buffett, and Other Alumni in the News
Columbians making headlines
Books

Book Review: "The Rules of the Tunnel" and "Strange Relation"
By Ned Zeman '88JRN and Rachel Hadas

Book Review: "Great Soul"
Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle for India. By Joseph Lelyveld '60JRN

Book Review: "Sugar in My Bowl"
Real Women Write About Sex. Edited by Erica Jong '63BC, '65GSAS
Bulletin

In Brief: Fall 2011
The Northwest Corner Building wins a Merit Award, and other campus news

Global Center Established in Santiago, Chile
South America is likely to become a more common destination for Columbia researchers now

James J. Valentini Steps in as Interim College Dean
His appointment on September 2 came just one week after the unexpected resignation of Michele Moody-Adams

Old York Archive Living on at Avery
A family of real-estate developers has given Columbia one of the largest collections of historical materials on New York City ever privately assemble

CAA Helping Alumni on the Job Hunt
The Alumni Association is providing online job-search tools, holding more networking events, and will soon offer discounted career coaching

Jordan’s King Abdullah Speaks of Reform
The king spoke as part of Columbia’s annual World Leaders Forum
Finals

The Art of Giving
An exhibit at Wallach Gallery looks at the visual messaging of New York charity organizations of 100 years ago