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Fall 2016

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The Bite Stuff

Five alumni startups that are disrupting the food industry.

Features

Robots on the Road
Hod Lipson
Science & Technology

Robots on the Road

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

Truth + Beauty
Algae
Science & Technology

Truth + Beauty

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

Bridges to Cuba
Illustration
Alumni

Bridges to Cuba

Will the quiet power of cultural diplomacy change a nation?

MVP: Most Valuable Physician
Christopher Ahmad
Alumni

MVP: Most Valuable Physician

For Yankees doctor Christopher Ahmad '90SEAS, getting better isn't just about healing

College Walk

Dr. Doodle
"Dr. Doodle"
Arts & Humanities

Dr. Doodle

A cartoonist draws from his experience

The Short List: Fall 2016
Vintage postcard
On Campus

The Short List: Fall 2016

Things to do on and around campus

The Little Class that Could
Illustration
Arts & Humanities

The Little Class that Could

How do you write a children’s book?

Rights of Passage
Statue of Liberty
Arts & Humanities

Rights of Passage

A scholar of immigration looks at some borderline claims

Corridors of Power
Hallway
Arts & Humanities

Corridors of Power

Neiman Center artists hijack a high-rise

Explorations

Is Anybody out There? Let’s do the Math
Stars
Science & Technology

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
Researcher and orphan
Health & Medicine

Cambodia’s Orphanages are Packed — but not with Orphans

Columbia Public Health researchers uncover a disturbing finding

Study Hall: Fall 2016
Study_Hall_HERO
Science & Technology

Study Hall: Fall 2016

Research briefs

A Shark in the Dark
Glowing shark
Science & Technology

A Shark in the Dark

Biofluorescence in marine animals is much more common than previously recognized

Education: the Great Unifier?
Pencils
Science & Technology

Education: the Great Unifier?

Democrats’ and Republicans’ opinions on education-policy issues have been converging

Beneath Bangladesh, a Tectonic Time Bomb
Illustration
Science & Technology

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
Brain scan
Health & Medicine

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
Carbon-injection site
Science & Technology

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
Alumni

Leave Them Laughing

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

5 Alumni TED Talks You Might Have Missed
Mary Bassett
Alumni

5 Alumni TED Talks You Might Have Missed

From Mary T. Bassett ’79PS and others

Signs of Life
Neopenda founders
Health & Medicine

Signs of Life

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

Televisionaries
Photo of Emmy Award statue
Alumni

Televisionaries

Several Columbians in the television industry received Emmy nominations this year

Eric Holder, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Other Alumni in the News
Eric Holder and Lee Bollinger
Alumni

Eric Holder, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Books

The Klan’s Last Stand
Morris Dees
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”
"Love for Sale" cover
Books

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”
Black Hole Blues
Books

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

Book Review: “Chronicle of a Last Summer”
Chronicle of a Last Summer
Books

Book Review: “Chronicle of a Last Summer”

By Yasmine El Rashidi '99JRN

Book Review: “Behold the Dreamers”
"Behold the Dreamers" book cover
Books

Book Review: “Behold the Dreamers”

By Imbolo Mbue '07TC 

Bulletin

Double Discovery Center Renamed in Honor of Roger Lehecka
Roger Lehecka
On Campus

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
Scott Donie
On 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
Jameel Jaffer
On Campus

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
Vagelos Building
On Campus

Aiming High in Medical Education

The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center at CUMC was dedicated on June 10

CAA Hosts Inaugural ‘Stem Day’
Brain
On Campus

CAA Hosts Inaugural ‘Stem Day’

The first-ever Columbia Alumni Association STEM Day was held on June 12 in Lerner Hall

Finals

What’s Your Line?
cartoon
Arts & Humanities

What’s Your Line?

Who hasn’t dreamed of winning the New Yorker caption contest?

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