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Fall 2014

Fall 2014

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Start Me Up

At the Columbia Startup Lab, the ideas keep on clicking.

Features

Streams and Echoes
Chou Wen-chung
Arts & Humanities

Streams and Echoes

The long musical journey of Chou Wen-chung '54GSAS

Rewired: Tim Wu’s Fantastic Foray
Tim Wu
On Campus

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
John Berryman illustration
Arts & Humanities

Heavy Heart, Empty Heart

Remembering the poet John Berryman in his centennial year

The Professor’s Last Stand
Eric Foner
Arts & Humanities

The Professor’s Last Stand

Columbia historian Eric Foner is giving his lectures to the public — and to posterity

College Walk

Cloak Room
Illustration
On Campus

Cloak Room

The University holds its twenty-second white-coat ceremony, celebrating the initiation of a new class of future physicians

Driving Lessons
Alumni

Driving Lessons

Remembering Kenneth Waltz

Grapes of Goth
Painting
Arts & Humanities

Grapes of Goth

A Columbia College senior gets a taste of medieval winemaking

Explorations

Researchers Find Synaptic Link to Autism
Synapses
Health & Medicine

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
DNA
Health & Medicine

Study of Ashkenazi Jews Opens Genomic Window

Columbia researchers have identified many previously unknown mutations common among the isolated group

Network

Ai-jen Poo, Beau Willimon, and Other Alumni in the News
Ai-jen Poo
Alumni

Ai-jen Poo, Beau Willimon, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Books

Book Review: "Cover" and "What We See When We Read"
"Cover" book
Books

Book Review: "Cover" and "What We See When We Read"

By Peter Mendelsund '91CC

Review: All Our Names
All Our Names
Books

Review: All Our Names

By Dinaw Mengestu '05SOA

Book Review: "The Wrong Carlos"
The Wrong Carlos
Books

Book Review: "The Wrong Carlos"

By James S. Liebman and the Columbia DeLuna Project

Bard in the USA
Shakespeare in America
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

Book Review: "No Book but the World"
No Book but the World
Books

Book Review: "No Book but the World"

By Leah Hager Cohen '91JRN

Book Review: "The Late Starters Orchestra"
The Late Starters Orchestra
Books

Book Review: "The Late Starters Orchestra"

By Ari L. Goldman ’73JRN

Bulletin

In Brief: Fall 2014
Lee C. Bollinger in office at Columbia University
On Campus

In Brief: Fall 2014

President Lee C. Bollinger’s term extended, and other campus news

Amale Andraos Appointed Dean of GSAPP
Amale Andraos
On Campus

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
Rwandan farmers
On Campus

Thirteen New Global Projects Receive Seed Grants

The University announces the latest recipients of grants from the President’s Global Innovation Fund

Media Institute Opens
Mark Hansen
On Campus

Media Institute Opens

The Brown Institute opens its doors at Columbia Journalism School

Sportsmanlike Conduct
Lions football players
On Campus

Sportsmanlike Conduct

Freshman Lions football players spend three weeks volunteering in local parks and schools

First-Class Finish
High school graduates
On Campus

First-Class Finish

The Columbia Secondary School graduates its first class

Goldstein to Head New Genomics Institute
David Goldstein
On Campus

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
On Campus

Deans of Social Science, Humanities Appointed

Alondra Nelson and Sharon Marcus take on new roles

Finals

Miracle of the Mines
Columbia School of Mines
On Campus

Miracle of the Mines

The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science marks its sesquicentennial

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