

Features

Walking the Walk
After ten years on the job, President Lee C. Bollinger talks about Columbia’s future

The Brain Trust
Columbia’s Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative is assembling the best thinkers in the world to study the most complex object in the known universe
College Walk

Stormy Someday
Columbia's International Research Institute for Climate and Society holds its monthly long-range forecast briefing

Burgers and Ballots
A political science professor on what really drives voter turnout
Explorations

Genetic Fusion Linked to Brain Cancer
Columbia researchers uncover the cause of the most common and deadly form of brain cancer

Black-Hole Hunter
An X-ray telescope whose optics were designed at Columbia is now orbiting Earth
Books

Cinema Purgatorio
Film critic David Denby ’65CC, ’66JRN discusses his book Do the Movies Have a Future?
Bulletin

Mailman School Introduces New Broad-Based Curriculum
MPH candidates now receive leadership and management training

Virginia Cornish Named Helena Rubinstein Professor
The biochemist receives a new endowed chair

NYC Awards Columbia $15 Million for New Data-Science Institute
The University established the Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering to support the acquisition and analysis of huge electronic data sets

Frank Lloyd Wright Papers Coming to Avery
Columbia and MoMA will share the pioneering architect's archives

Sreenivasan Named University’s First Chief Digital Officer
The new-media expert is developing a plan to expand Columbia’s online education programs

Safwan Masri Brings Added Managerial Discipline to Global Centers
The Business School professor will oversee the University’s growing network of international academic hubs
Finals

House of Mirth
Writer and humorist David Rakoff '86CC made one of his last public appearances at the Columbia Alumni Center