

Features

Robots on the Road
A Q&A with roboticist Hod Lipson about the future of driverless cars

Truth + Beauty
Looking at these photographs produced by Columbia researchers, you can appreciate why artists take their cues from nature

MVP: Most Valuable Physician
For Yankees doctor Christopher Ahmad '90SEAS, getting better isn't just about healing
College Walk
Explorations

Is Anybody out There? Let’s do the Math
What are the chances of life existing on another planet?

Cambodia’s Orphanages are Packed — but not with Orphans
Columbia Public Health researchers uncover a disturbing finding

A Shark in the Dark
Biofluorescence in marine animals is much more common than previously recognized

Education: the Great Unifier?
Democrats’ and Republicans’ opinions on education-policy issues have been converging

Beneath Bangladesh, a Tectonic Time Bomb
The earthquake will come. No one can say when. But scientists warn that it could be huge

A Mystery of the Infant Brain, Revealed
A new finding could give insight into autism and ADHD

New Method for Storing CO2 is Rock-solid
Converting carbon dioxide into stone appears to be a safe way of sequestering carbon emissions
Network

Leave Them Laughing
Negin Farsad '02GSAS, '04SIPA, author of "How to Make White People Laugh," is challenging stereotypes with comedy

Signs of Life
Two alumni entrepreneurs are helping to reduce infant mortality rates in Uganda

Televisionaries
Several Columbians in the television industry received Emmy nominations this year
Books

The Klan’s Last Stand
Laurence Leamer ’69JRN, ’69SIPA discusses his book The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan

Book Review: “Love for Sale: Pop Music in America”
What do we talk about when we talk about pop music? David Hajdu explores in a new book

Book Excerpt: “Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space”
Janna Levin '88BC tells the epic story behind the scientific quest to detect gravitational waves
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Double Discovery Center Renamed in Honor of Roger Lehecka
Columbia College's Double Discovery Center brings low-income high schoolers to campus

Two-Time Olympian Scott Donie Named Diving Coach
A former Olympic diver has been hired to lead the Columbia Lions diving program

First Amendment Institute Established at Columbia
Columbia supports a $60 million initiative to promote freedom of speech and of the press in the digital age

Aiming High in Medical Education
The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center at CUMC was dedicated on June 10

CAA Hosts Inaugural ‘Stem Day’
The first-ever Columbia Alumni Association STEM Day was held on June 12 in Lerner Hall