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Spring 2004

Spring 2004 cover of Columbia Magazine with photo of Constance Baker Motley
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A Columbian Ahead of Her Time: Constance Baker Motley

Motley was the first African-American woman to serve in the New York State Senate, among other trailblazing accomplishments

Features

Columbia's New Yorkers
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Alumni

Columbia's New Yorkers

Nearly half of Columbia’s 250,000 alumni — both transplants and homegrown — now live in the greater metropolitan area

Beyond Typhoid Mary
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Health & Medicine

Beyond Typhoid Mary

The origins of public health at Columbia and in the city

Charles V. Hamilton: From Muskogee to Morningside Heights
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Charles V. Hamilton: From Muskogee to Morningside Heights

Celebrating the life and career of a storied political scientist 

Revitalizing Chinatown
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Revitalizing Chinatown

Columbia urban planning students help a community rebuild

College Walk

A Harlem Alliance
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A Harlem Alliance

The Abyssinian Baptist Church is world famous

City in the Sky
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Arts & Humanities

City in the Sky

A museum celebrates New York’s tallest buildings

Painting New Horizons
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Painting New Horizons

Artists ages 5 to 15 accepted certificates of achievement at the Harlem Horizon Art Studio’s  annual reception

Laurie Hawkinson and the Art of Urban Architecture
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Arts & Humanities

Laurie Hawkinson and the Art of Urban Architecture

The architect is involved in a pair of projects that aim to have a lasting impact on New York City.

Sports Highlights
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Sports Highlights

From cross-country, soccer, and football

How Do You Celebrate a University?
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How Do You Celebrate a University?

By doing what an academic community does best: posing questions and looking for answers

Local News
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Local News

Journalism students on the neighborhood beat

Going Vertical
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Going Vertical

An essay by graduate student Ben Kornfeind ’98CC

Explorations

Battling Obesity
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Health & Medicine

Battling Obesity

Mary Bassett helps New Yorkers make healthy choices

Seeing the Light, Again
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Health & Medicine

Seeing the Light, Again

Books

Tales of Magic and Prophecy
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Tales of Magic and Prophecy

Oracle Night by Paul Auster

Culinary Picaresque
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Culinary Picaresque

The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin

Profiles in Malice
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Profiles in Malice

Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner by Nina Munk

Books in Brief
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Books in Brief

From Lisa Anderson, James Boylan ’51JRN, and other Columbia authors

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