Spring 2005
Rachel DeWoskin's new book reveals her to be a subtle scholar of Sino-American perceptions and misperceptions
Features
Scents and Sensibility
Health & Medicine
Scents and Sensibility
Richard Axel ’67CC followed his nose to the mysteries of smell and cracked the two great problems of olfaction
The Buck Stops — Where?
On Campus
The Buck Stops — Where?
Should you worry about the dollar’s decline? Columbia economists say Yes. And No
Paradigm Lost
Alumni
Paradigm Lost
Anthony Lappé and his colleagues at the Guerrilla News Network find that even they’re surprised when they just let the tape roll
Dinkins on Chisholm and the Changing Political Scene
On Campus
Dinkins on Chisholm and the Changing Political Scene
The former New York City mayor reflects on the first black woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
Reading Between the Acts
Arts & Humanities
Reading Between the Acts
Director Peter Brook was drawn to the Columbia audience as much as it was drawn to him
Carl W. Ackerman: The Journalism School’s Other Founder
On Campus
Carl W. Ackerman: The Journalism School’s Other Founder
Although his vision was never realized, longtime dean Carl W. Ackerman largely shaped the Journalism School as we know it
The Value and Responsibilities of Academic Freedom
On Campus
The Value and Responsibilities of Academic Freedom
An essay by Columbia University president Lee C. Bollinger
College Walk
Explorations
Books
90 Miles from Oblivion
Books
90 Miles from Oblivion
High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Max Frankel ’52CC, ’53GSAS
They Invented It, We Reinvented it
Books
They Invented It, We Reinvented it
The Invention of Painting in America, by David Rosand ’59CC, ’65GSAS
From 8:46 to 10:28
Books
From 8:46 to 10:28
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, by Jim Dwyer ’80JRN and Kevin Flynn ’79JRN