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Fall 2011

Fall 2011

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The Long Night

Tackling the scourge of sex trafficking, from the big screen to the big street.

Features

New Crop City
Illustration of city with greenhouse buildings
Science & Technology

New Crop City

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

Why We (Should) Read Trilling
Lionel Trilling
Arts & Humanities

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Literary critic Lionel Trilling ’25CC, ’38GSAS been written off as out of date.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
View of the Twin Towers from Brooklyn in 1977
Arts & Humanities

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

Poster Children
Illustration of Muhammad Ali, Salvador Dali, Audrey Hepburn, and John Lennon
On Campus

Poster Children

Street vendor Michael Wells on Columbia's favorite dorm-poster icons

Ten Years After
Photo of lower Manhattan during 9/11 attack
On Campus

Ten Years After

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

Hacking It
Illustration of a hackathon event
Alumni

Hacking It

Techies at Columbia and beyond hone their coding skills at HackNY events

Ghost Upon the Floor
Butler Library exterior at night
On Campus

Ghost Upon the Floor

A 19th-century mantelpiece in Butler Library has seen a lot of history

Poem: "Me and Kenneth"
Hamilton Hall at Columbia photographed by Eileen Barroso
Arts & Humanities

Poem: "Me and Kenneth"

By J. D. Scrimgeour '86CC, '87GSAS

Explorations

A Step Toward Stem-Cell Therapy
Stem-cell researchers Dieter Egli, Mark Sauer, Robin Goland, and Rudolph Leibel
Health & Medicine

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
Madeline Landry and Ashton Dorminvil researching the remains of Seneca Village
Science & Technology

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
Ancient hand axes
Science & Technology

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
Dentist and patient at Columbia Dental School
Health & Medicine

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
Betsy Sparrow in lab
Health & Medicine

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
Alisa Weilerstein with cello
Alumni

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"
Book covers: "Strange Relation" and "The Rules of the Tunnel"
Books

Book Review: "The Rules of the Tunnel" and "Strange Relation"

By Ned Zeman '88JRN and Rachel Hadas

Book Review: Swamplandia!
Cover of "Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell
Books

Book Review: Swamplandia!

By Karen Russell '06SOA

Book Review: "Nom de Plume"
Cover of "Nom de Plume"
Books

Book Review: "Nom de Plume"

By Carmela Ciuraru '96JRN

Book Review: "Great Soul"
Mahatma Gandhi in 1947 with his grandnieces
Books

Book Review: "Great Soul"

Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle for India. By Joseph Lelyveld '60JRN

Book Review: "Sugar in My Bowl"
Cover of "Sugar in my Bowl" by Erica Jong
Books

Book Review: "Sugar in My Bowl"

Real Women Write About Sex. Edited by Erica Jong '63BC, '65GSAS

Book Review: "Alfred Kazin's Journals"
Alfred Kazin, in a 1968 portrait by Arnold Newman
Books

Book Review: "Alfred Kazin's Journals"

Selected and edited by Richard M. Cook

Book Review: "Jacques Barzun: Portrait of a Mind"
Cover of "Jacques Barzun" by Michael Murray
Books

Book Review: "Jacques Barzun: Portrait of a Mind"

By Michael Murray (Frederic C. Beil)

Bulletin

In Brief: Fall 2011
Northwest Corner Building at Columbia
On Campus

In Brief: Fall 2011

The Northwest Corner Building wins a Merit Award, and other campus news

Global Center Established in Santiago, Chile
Karen Poniachik at a World Economic Forum event in Santiago, Chile in 2007
On Campus

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
James Valentini and Columbia students
On Campus

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
Miniature model of a Manhattan building from the "Old York Library" collection
On Campus

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
Columbia students at a networking event
On Campus

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
King Abdullah II of Jordan speaking at Columbia as part of the World Leaders Forum
On Campus

Jordan’s King Abdullah Speaks of Reform

The king spoke as part of Columbia’s annual World Leaders Forum

Finals

The Art of Giving
"Family in Airshaft" by Jessie Tarbox Beals, circa 1915.
On Campus

The Art of Giving

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

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