Fall 2019

The Tony Award-winning director of Hadestown may be theater’s most forward-thinking artist

A million plant and animal species are at risk of disappearing, many within decades

At Columbia's Magnetic Resonance Research Center, scientists are unveiling the neural basis of human thoughts, memories, and emotions

An interactive installation lets you “experience” rising sea levels

Students get a fresh look at the issues of food justice and sustainability

Honoring Melville at 200

An exhibition at Columbia presents highlights from the 6,400 decks of Albert Field ’38CC

Entrepreneurs help celebrate five years of innovation

An opera by Hannah Lash comes to Miller Theatre, and other events

“Try burnt oysters,” and other words of wisdom

Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger on a century of well-rounded intellect

Why does an island in the Indian Ocean contain a mountain of crystalline rock that could never have formed there naturally?

A study looks at what makes the group’s online propaganda successful

0.3 percent of Earth's rare elements come from a single stellar explosion 4.6 billion years ago

(It’s bigger than Lake Erie and Lake Ontario combined)

Fund people over programs, study suggests.

The technique could lay the groundwork for a new type of immunotherapy

Certain areas of the Marshall Islands should remain off-limits, scientists say

A new study aims to identify ways of diversifying genetic databases

A new study suggests that they may have helped slash US murder rates in the 1990s

Seven new research briefs from Columbia

Olivia Pittet ’79GSAS on the joys of navigating the medieval pilgrimage route

A new film by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders '74CC honors the legacy of the celebrated writer

Rocco B. Commisso ’71SEAS, ’75BUS is the new owner of the Florence-based team ACF Fiorentina

Columbians making headlines. 

Film buff Dwight Cleveland ’82CC gives a tour of his rare collection

Meet Eco-Challenge contestant Joshua Forester ’04CC

By Martha Saxton ’89GSAS

English and comparative-literature professor Sharon Marcus shines a light on self-promotion and stardom through the ages

New and noteworthy releases from alumni and faculty

By Monique Truong ’95LAW

By David Epstein ’02CC, ’04GSAS, ’04JRN

Columbia tennis head coach Bid Goswami retired this summer as the winningest coach in program history

The National Science Foundation has awarded $4 million to the Columbia-led Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub

The population-health scientist and academic administrator started her new role on September 1

The gift will provide financial backing and support services to promising ventures in the organization's pipeline

Each of the $100,000 gifts will go to student aid

Blocking critics on the social-media platform violates the First Amendment, court rules

The new dean is an authority on operations research, data analytics, and quantitative finance

Eight faculty members in the Arts and Sciences began this semester as new recipients of Distinguished Columbia Faculty Awards

Tsai Ing-wen visited Columbia this summer, meeting with students and faculty and participating in a wide-ranging conversation about global politics

Looking back at Harvey Kurtzman’s design for the 1952 cover of the first issue