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Spring 2004

Spring 2004 cover of Columbia Magazine with photo of Constance Baker Motley

A Columbian Ahead of Her Time: Constance Baker Motley

Thinking back on her career, the civil-rights attorney is amazed at the number of women in positions of power today.

Features

Beyond Typhoid Mary
Health & Medicine

Beyond Typhoid Mary

The origins of public health at Columbia and in the city

Columbia's New Yorkers
Alumni

Columbia's New Yorkers

Celebrating 12 extraordinary alumni

From Muskogee to Morningside Heights: Political Scientist Charles V. Hamilton
Charles V. Hamilton
On Campus

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

How the civil rights movement chronicler created a role for himself as an intellectual amongst activists

The Young Lions
Group portrait of Columbia alumni
Alumni

The Young Lions

A group portrait of outstanding young graduates working in New York City from each of the University’s 15 schools

Revitalizing Chinatown
On Campus

Revitalizing Chinatown

Columbia urban-planning students help a community rebuild

A Harlem Alliance
Books

A Harlem Alliance

Harlem Treasures, a handbook published last spring, enlightens tourists—and native New Yorkers—who come uptown 

City in the Sky
Alumni

City in the Sky

A museum celebrates New York’s tallest buildings

Laurie Hawkinson and the Art of Urban Architecture
Arts & Humanities

Laurie Hawkinson and the Art of Urban Architecture

An architecture professor aims to have a lasting impact on New York City

Tell Mr. Beller a Story
Alumni

Tell Mr. Beller a Story

Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood will take you to places you’ve never been—and may never want to go

College Walk

How Do You Celebrate a University?
On Campus

How Do You Celebrate a University?

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

Architecture as an Instrument of Leadership
On Campus

Architecture as an Instrument of Leadership

As Columbia begins to look north to Manhattanville, it is thinking about architecture in a different way

The Dialogue on Manhattanville
On Campus

The Dialogue on Manhattanville

The University has been encouraging discussion through community open houses, advisory committees, and other events

Going Vertical
On Campus

Going Vertical

An essay by graduate student Ben Kornfeind ’98CC

Remodeled CU Homepage
On Campus

Remodeled CU Homepage

Visitors to Columbia’s newly designed website are now greeted with a sleek and simple presentation of the University

Appointments
On Campus

Appointments

Eric J. Furda, James D. Jordan, and Gregory Mosher

J-School Proposes to Add Two-Year Program
On Campus

J-School Proposes to Add Two-Year Program

The program would give students the option to add a second year to the current MS program

Painting New Horizons
On Campus

Painting New Horizons

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

Sports Highlights
On Campus

Sports Highlights

From cross-country, soccer, and football

Local News
On Campus

Local News

Journalism students on the neighborhood beat

Network

Strengthening Global Ties
On Campus

Strengthening Global Ties

13 senior statesmen from around the world visited the University last fall 

Battling Obesity
Health & Medicine

Battling Obesity

Mary Bassett helps New Yorkers make healthy choices

Seeing the Light, Again
Health & Medicine

Seeing the Light, Again

A new look at an old method of inhibiting TB transmission

Books

Tales of Magic and Prophecy
Books

Tales of Magic and Prophecy

Oracle Night by Paul Auster

Culinary Picaresque
Books

Culinary Picaresque

The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin

Profiles in Malice
Books

Profiles in Malice

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

Books in Brief
Books

Books in Brief

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

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