Features
Rewired: Tim Wu’s Fantastic Foray
Law professor Tim Wu, the coiner of “net neutrality,” entered New York’s lieutenant-governor race to change politics. Will politics change him?
Heavy Heart, Empty Heart
Remembering the poet John Berryman in his centennial year
The Professor’s Last Stand
Columbia historian Eric Foner is giving his lectures to the public — and to posterity
College Walk
Cloak Room
The University holds its twenty-second white-coat ceremony, celebrating the initiation of a new class of future physicians
Explorations
Researchers Find Synaptic Link to Autism
Neurobiologists have made a discovery that may help explain why people with autism are prone to epilepsy and often oversensitive to noise and social experiences
Study of Ashkenazi Jews Opens Genomic Window
Columbia researchers have identified many previously unknown mutations common among the isolated group
Books
Bard in the USA
We talk with James Shapiro '77CC, the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature, about his book Shakespeare in America
Bulletin
Amale Andraos Appointed Dean of GSAPP
Andraos is a principal at WORKac, an architecture and design firm known for combining elements of manmade and natural environments
Thirteen New Global Projects Receive Seed Grants
The University announces the latest recipients of grants from the President’s Global Innovation Fund
Sportsmanlike Conduct
Freshman Lions football players spend three weeks volunteering in local parks and schools
Goldstein to Head New Genomics Institute
David Goldstein, a prominent geneticist at Duke University, will soon join Columbia as a professor of genetics and development
Deans of Social Science, Humanities Appointed
Alondra Nelson and Sharon Marcus take on new roles
Finals
Miracle of the Mines
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science marks its sesquicentennial