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Fall 2022

Fall 2022 cover of Columbia Magazine with illustration by Yuko Shimizu
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The Simple Questions That Can Prevent a Suicide

Globally, someone dies by suicide every forty seconds. That’s why experts are training ordinary people to use the Columbia Protocol to potentially save lives.

Features

Raising My Voice for Ukraine
Journalist Masha Udensiva-Brenner
Arts & Humanities

Raising My Voice for Ukraine

How I found my own small way to take a stand against Russia's brutal war

You’re Not Imagining It: Seasonal Allergies Are Getting Worse
A woman sneezing from pollen
Health & Medicine

You’re Not Imagining It: Seasonal Allergies Are Getting Worse

Columbia researchers explain why pollen counts are rising and suggest ways to fight back

5 Media Organizations That Spotlight Underreported News
Reporters at the San Quentin news
Arts & Humanities

5 Media Organizations That Spotlight Underreported News

Alumni journalists are tackling human-rights issues and serving readers in practical ways

How the Mankiewicz Family Got Their Hollywood Ending
Illustration of members of the Mankiewicz family by Nicole Rifkin
Arts & Humanities

How the Mankiewicz Family Got Their Hollywood Ending

How Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz ’92JRN brought a four-generation Columbia family all together

College Walk

Screenwriter Ivan Rome Looks Homeward
Ivan Rome on a film set
Arts & Humanities

Screenwriter Ivan Rome Looks Homeward

As the inaugural recipient of the Bobby Kashif Cox Memorial Scholarship, the MFA student takes inspiration from his native Georgia

The Troubling Legal Implications of Overturning Roe
Illustration of question marks coming out of the roof of the Supreme Court Building by James Yang
On Campus

The Troubling Legal Implications of Overturning Roe

Columbia law professors Olatunde Johnson and Carol Sanger assess a momentous Supreme Court decision

Low Beach Gets a Makeover
Columbia Low Library
On Campus

Low Beach Gets a Makeover

Plus, a look at the iconic steps through the ages

Honoring George Chauncey, a Scholar of Gay History
Gay history scholar George Chauncey
Arts & Humanities

Honoring George Chauncey, a Scholar of Gay History

The Columbia professor recently won the coveted John W. Kluge Prize

Explorations

Having Kids May Lead to Brain Damage, and Other Science News
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Science & Technology

Having Kids May Lead to Brain Damage, and Other Science News

Recent discoveries from Columbia researchers

Jurassic Parka: How Dinosaurs Survived the Cold
Illustration of a dinosaur with feathers
Science & Technology

Jurassic Parka: How Dinosaurs Survived the Cold

New fossil discovery suggests dinos could tolerate chillier climates

The Primary Victims of Toxic Drinking Water
A man at his kitchen faucet
Health & Medicine

The Primary Victims of Toxic Drinking Water

A recent Columbia study reveals major racial disparities in access to clean public water

Why a Warming Planet Endangers Every Child’s Health
A sweaty child with a bottle of water
Health & Medicine

Why a Warming Planet Endangers Every Child’s Health

Heat waves, floods, and other effects of climate change are putting kids at risk of illness and death

Making Room for Tigers
A tiger
Science & Technology

Making Room for Tigers

Ecologists are studying new ways to protect the big cats’ need to roam

Biomedical Engineers Can Now Watch Our Organs Talk to Each Other
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Science & Technology

Biomedical Engineers Can Now Watch Our Organs Talk to Each Other

In a plastic device the size of a credit card, tissues communicate with each other through a shared blood supply

 

 

War Atrocities in Yemen Linked to US Weapons
Saudi Arabian F-15 fighter jets participate in US-led exercises in 2022
Science & Technology

War Atrocities in Yemen Linked to US Weapons

Columbia Law School researchers have unveiled a disturbing connection between American arms and civilian deaths

Network

What’s so Feminist About Fitness?
Columbia women's basketball team
Books

What’s so Feminist About Fitness?

Journalist Danielle Friedman ’09JRN discusses the history of a multibillion-dollar industry 

Maude Latour: Confessions of a TikTok Pop Star
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Arts & Humanities

Maude Latour: Confessions of a TikTok Pop Star

How the singer-songwriter and Columbia graduate found her voice – and her audience

Watch Out for That Special Chick at the Beach
A piping plover in New York City photographed by Chris Allieri for the NYC Plover Project
Alumni

Watch Out for That Special Chick at the Beach

With the NYC Plover Project, Chris Allieri ’00SIPA is protecting local shorebirds

4 Telemedicine Companies for Mental Health and More
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Health & Medicine

4 Telemedicine Companies for Mental Health and More

Columbia alumni entrepreneurs are at the forefront of a booming industry

American Seoul: Eric Kim’s Fresh New Take on Korean Cuisine
Food writer Eric Kim
Alumni

American Seoul: Eric Kim’s Fresh New Take on Korean Cuisine

The food writer draws inspiration from his Korean heritage, his Atlanta childhood, and a few literary greats

Advocating for the Autism Community from Within
Jennifer Brunton
Alumni

Advocating for the Autism Community from Within

What Jennifer Brunton ’06GSAS, coauthor of The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy, wants people to know about neurodivergence

Books

A Rust Belt City Revived by Immigrants
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Books

A Rust Belt City Revived by Immigrants

A review of City of Refugees, by Susan Hartman ’76SOA

How a Peruvian Carpenter Led Hundreds of Christians to Judaism
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Books

How a Peruvian Carpenter Led Hundreds of Christians to Judaism

A review of The Prophet of the Andes, by Graciela Mochkofsky ’96JRN

Review: The Measure
Cover of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Books

Review: The Measure

By Nikki Erlick ’17GSAS

Traveling with the Founding Fathers
A watercolor of Hamilton Grange by Adam Van Doren
Books

Traveling with the Founding Fathers

Artist and author Adam Van Doren ’84CC, ’89GSAPP captures historic landmarks from Maine to Georgia

The Lion’s Guide to Parenting
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Books

The Lion’s Guide to Parenting

Six books from Columbia alumni that promise to make raising children just a little easier

6 New Books for Fall
Covers of books by Columbia authors
Books

6 New Books for Fall

All by Columbia authors

Can Psychic Visions Save Us?
Illustration of Sam Knight by Michelle Kondrich
Books

Can Psychic Visions Save Us?

In The Premonitions Bureau, Sam Knight ’04JRN tells the true story of a maverick psychiatrist who believed in the power of the paranormal

Bulletin

Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed EVP for Columbia Global
Wafaa El-Sadr
On Campus

Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed EVP for Columbia Global

She will oversee the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination

Cynthia Rosenzweig Wins World Food Prize
Cynthia Rosenzweig
On Campus

Cynthia Rosenzweig Wins World Food Prize

The scientist was awarded the $250,000 prize for her achievements as the founder of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project 

Celebrating Two Decades of Transformative Leadership under Lee C. Bollinger
Columbia University president Lee C. Bollinger in front of Alma Mater statue on Low Library steps
On Campus

Celebrating Two Decades of Transformative Leadership under Lee C. Bollinger

At the end of this academic year, the Columbia president will bring to a close a historic era

Meet Columbia's Five New Deans
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On Campus

Meet Columbia's Five New Deans

These widely admired scholars have been chosen to fill crucial leadership positions

Columbia Business, Engineering Schools Launch Dual Master’s for Tech Leaders
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On Campus

Columbia Business, Engineering Schools Launch Dual Master’s for Tech Leaders

The degree program aims to prepare students for the technological demands of a rapidly changing workplace

Columbia Climate School Announces First Faculty Hire
Kristina G. Douglass, associate professor of climate at the Columbia Climate School
On Campus

Columbia Climate School Announces First Faculty Hire

Kristina G. Douglass, an archaeologist and anthropologist, has been appointed an associate professor 

Backstory

How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever
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Health & Medicine

How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever

How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.

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