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Fall 2024

Fall 2024 cover of Columbia Magazine, featuring photos related to climate migration
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America’s Great Climate Migration Has Begun. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Columbia researchers are developing innovative ways to protect communities most vulnerable to floods and other disasters

Features

The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies
Illustration of a patient undergoing psychedelic therapy by Deena So'Oteh
Health & Medicine

The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies

As new trials show that psilocybin and LSD may help treat depression and anxiety, mental-health providers get ready for a revolution

Columbia Entrepreneurs Changing the Beauty Business
John Kang and Julia Kang-Reeves of Earth Therapeutics
Alumni

Columbia Entrepreneurs Changing the Beauty Business

From moisturizer to pimple patches, alumni are using their cosmetics smarts to tap into a multibillion-dollar industry

7 Unique Collections to Visit at Columbia
Drawing of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater
Arts & Humanities

7 Unique Collections to Visit at Columbia

Discover some of the most fascinating (but lesser known) archives and art spaces on campus

Could All Our Tax Breaks Be Breaking the Country?
Photo illustration by Elena Lacey featuring Ronald Reagan, dollar bills, and other images related to economics and taxes
Books

Could All Our Tax Breaks Be Breaking the Country?

How a zealous antitax campaign that went unnoticed by many has altered America’s social, cultural, and political fabric

The Secret Keeper of New York City
Kenneth Cobb at the New York City Department of Records and Information Services
Alumni

The Secret Keeper of New York City

Kenneth Cobb ’78GSAS knows where all the files are buried

College Walk

Could Gen Z Tip the 2024 Election?
illustration of Gen-Z voters and a ballot box
On Campus

Could Gen Z Tip the 2024 Election?

Young voters under thirty are ready to make an impact

The Life-and-Death Struggle of Coral Reefs
Coral reef
Science & Technology

The Life-and-Death Struggle of Coral Reefs

As warming seas threaten these essential marine ecosystems, Braddock Linsley drills down on their history

The Basketball Coach Who Tamed the Columbia Lions
Columbia women's basketball coach Megan Griffith
On Campus

The Basketball Coach Who Tamed the Columbia Lions

Under Megan Griffith ’07CC, the women’s basketball program has leapt to the top of the Ivies. How far can this team go?

The Benefits of Donating Your Body to Medical Science
Illustration by Dana Smith of medical students dissecting a human body
Health & Medicine

The Benefits of Donating Your Body to Medical Science

Columbia’s Anatomical Donor Program gives students the education of a lifetime — and donors some posthumous perks

Explorations

Are You at Risk for Long Covid?
A woman laying on couch with her hand on head
Health & Medicine

Are You at Risk for Long Covid?

Columbia researchers identify the people most likely to suffer

Gene May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Science News
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Health & Medicine

Gene May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Science News

Research briefs from Columbia

Are We Really All Suckers for Fake News?
A man looking at his phone against a colored background
Science & Technology

Are We Really All Suckers for Fake News?

A new study sheds light on the need for greater media literacy

Blastoff, Mojave Style
A rocket designed by Columbia students
Science & Technology

Blastoff, Mojave Style

Members of the Columbia Space Initiative win second place in the FAR-OUT 2024 rocketry competition

In Search of the ‘Good Dad’ Hormone
A male oldfield mouse and his pups
Health & Medicine

In Search of the ‘Good Dad’ Hormone

Neurobiologists pinpoint the source of paternal instinct in the oldfield mouse, a rodent known for its unique fatherly behavior

What Really Happened on Easter Island?
Sculptures on Easter Island
Science & Technology

What Really Happened on Easter Island?

A Columbia study helps debunk an old theory about the island’s mysterious past

Network

4 Columbia Grads Win 2024 Pulitzers, and Other Alumni News
Image of four Pulitzer Prize winners
Alumni

4 Columbia Grads Win 2024 Pulitzers, and Other Alumni News

Columbians making headlines

The Fashion Entrepreneur Fighting for New York’s Wild Birds
Bird Collective cofounder Angela Co in Prospect Park
Alumni

The Fashion Entrepreneur Fighting for New York’s Wild Birds

Through Bird Collective and NYC Bird Alliance, Angela Co ’05GSAPP conserves and champions the region’s feathered residents

6 Podcasts for News Junkies
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Arts & Humanities

6 Podcasts for News Junkies

For election commentary and more, stream these alumni-hosted programs

The Art of Mastering an Accent, According to a Dialect Coach
Collage of Hollywood actors who use accents
Arts & Humanities

The Art of Mastering an Accent, According to a Dialect Coach

Michael Walsh ’17SOA weighs in on the hardest accents to learn and the best and worst examples from Hollywood

The Hottest Youth Basketball Program in Brooklyn
Gerard Papa coaching Flames basketball league in Brooklyn
Alumni

The Hottest Youth Basketball Program in Brooklyn

With Flames, Gerard Papa ’72CC, ’74SIPA, ’75LAW has been bringing New York kids together since 1974

The Industrious Spirit Company Bottles the Sea
Industrious Spirit Company Ostreida vodka with oysters
Alumni

The Industrious Spirit Company Bottles the Sea

ISCO, cofounded by two Columbia Business School grads, creates craft liquor distilled with oysters and more

Gold Standard
Fencer Jackie Dubrovich competing at the 2024 Olympics
Alumni

Gold Standard

Jackie Dubrovich ’16CC finishes the Olympics on top

Books

6 New Books to Read this Fall
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Books

6 New Books to Read this Fall

All by Columbia alumni and faculty authors

Review: Creation Lake
Cover of Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Books

Review: Creation Lake

By Rachel Kushner ’01SOA

Review: Someone Like Us
Cover of Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu
Books

Review: Someone Like Us

By Dinaw Mengestu ’05SOA

Review: Woman of Interest
Cover of Woman of Interest by Tracy O'Neill
Books

Review: Woman of Interest

By Tracy O’Neill ’20JRN 

Will Your Data Come Back to Haunt You?
Illustration of Aram Sinnreich by Richard A. Chance
Books

Will Your Data Come Back to Haunt You?

In The Secret Life of Data, Aram Sinnreich ’00JRN explores the unknown impacts of the information age

Bulletin

Daniel Abebe to Lead Columbia Law School
Daniel Abebe
On Campus

Daniel Abebe to Lead Columbia Law School

The legal scholar and academic administrator comes to Columbia from the University of Chicago

Daniel Zarrilli Named Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer
Daniel Zarrilli at Columbia University
On Campus

Daniel Zarrilli Named Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer

The civil engineer and climate-policy expert will lead the University’s efforts to achieve sustainability goals

Alan Kanzer Sponsors Neuroscience Fellowship Program
Illustration of researchers
On Campus

Alan Kanzer Sponsors Neuroscience Fellowship Program

The fellowship will support early-career scientists who pursue high-risk, high-reward research related to the mind, the brain, and behavior

New All-Electric Research Facility Rising on Medical Campus
Rendering of a new biomedical-research building on Columbia’s medical campus
On Campus

New All-Electric Research Facility Rising on Medical Campus

The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons recently broke ground on an eight-story biomedical-research building

Professors Elected to NAS, AAAS
Image from National Academy of Sciences
On Campus

Professors Elected to NAS, AAAS

Five faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Sciences and nine to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Katrina Armstrong Named Interim President, Replacing Minouche Shafik
Katrina Armstrong, interim president of Columbia University
On Campus

Katrina Armstrong Named Interim President, Replacing Minouche Shafik

Armstrong, the chief executive of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, stepped into the position on August 14

Sarah Cole Named Dean of the School of the Arts
Columbia School of the Arts dean Sarah Cole
On Campus

Sarah Cole Named Dean of the School of the Arts

Cole chaired the Department of English and Comparative Literature for two years before becoming dean of humanities in 2018

New Committee to Evaluate Fossil-Fuel Funding
Overhead shot of Columbia University campus and Morningside Heights
On Campus

New Committee to Evaluate Fossil-Fuel Funding

The members are expected to issue a final report by the fall of 2025

Backstory

How Herman Hollerith Helped Launch the Information Age
Herman Hollerith’s tabulating system, 1908
Science & Technology

How Herman Hollerith Helped Launch the Information Age

The Columbia-trained statistician transformed everything from census counts to election tallies, and prefigured modern computing

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