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Paul Auster

Fall 2012

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The Solitude of Invention

Paul Auster, one of America’s most enigmatic literary figures, has opened up about his life in a new memoir. Now he opens his front door.

Features

On Campus

Walking the Walk

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

Arts & Humanities

Tennessee Rose

The return of singer Laura Cantrell

Science & Technology

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

On Campus

Freshman Orientation

A family of ducks causes brief chaos on campus

Science & Technology

Stormy Someday

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

Arts & Humanities

Space Avengers

Exploring Butler Library's sci-fi magazine collection

Science & Technology

Burgers and Ballots

A political science professor on what really drives voter turnout

Arts & Humanities

Poem "The Deal"

By Jeffrey Skinner '78SOA

Explorations

Health & Medicine

Genetic Fusion Linked to Brain Cancer

Columbia researchers uncover the cause of the most common and deadly form of brain cancer

Science & Technology

Black-Hole Hunter

An X-ray telescope whose optics were designed at Columbia is now orbiting Earth

Network

Alumni

Caryn Davies, Steven Bellovin, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Books

Books

Book Review: "Ghost Dances"

By Josh Garrett-Davis '09SOA

Books

Cinema Purgatorio

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

Books

Book Review: "On Celestial Music"

Rick Moody '86SOA

Books

Book Review: "Fooling Houdini"

By Alex Stone '11GSAS 

Books

Book Review: "Running Ransom Road"

By Caleb Daniloff '99SOA

Books

Book Review: "The Price of Inequality"

B Joseph E. Stiglitz

Bulletin

On Campus

Mailman School Introduces New Broad-Based Curriculum

MPH candidates now receive leadership and management training

On Campus

Sonnets on the Barrio

Columbia’s libraries have acquired the papers of Jack Agüeros

On Campus

Virginia Cornish Named Helena Rubinstein Professor

The biochemist receives a new endowed chair

On Campus

In Brief: Fall 2012

Columbia Magazine wins design awards, and other campus news

On Campus

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

On Campus

Frank Lloyd Wright Papers Coming to Avery

Columbia and MoMA will share the pioneering architect's archives

On Campus

Sreenivasan Named University’s First Chief Digital Officer

The new-media expert is developing a plan to expand Columbia’s online education programs

On Campus

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

Alumni

House of Mirth

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

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