Features
King of Thrills
After 31 years in the ring, Paul Binder ’67BUS, founder and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus, has come full circle
A Peak Underneath
Scientists are on the verge of learning how a mountain range trapped within the Antarctic ice sheet got there
College Walk
Tales from the Crypt
Welcome to the Postcrypt Coffeehouse in St. Paul's Chapel, the dark heart that has been giving Columbia its musical beat since 1964
Explorations
Decoding Epilepsy
Scientists say they've found a genetic link to a childhood seizure disorder that causes the face, mouth, and throat to go numb
Somebody Text a Doctor
Columbia students are using mobile phones to improve the collection of health-care data in Malawi
Putting HIV Prevention in Women's Hands
A clinical trial demonstrates for the first time that an antiviral gel applied topically could prevent male-to-female HIV transmission
Books
Review: "Our Lincoln"
New Perspectives on Lincoln and his World, edited by Eric Foner '63CC, '69GSAS
Review: "Sweet Land of Liberty"
The Forgotten Struggle of Civil Rights in the North, by Thomas J. Sugrue '84CC
Review: "Leisureville"
Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias, by Andrew D. Blechman '93JRN
Review: "Meyer Schapiro Abroad"
Letters to Lillian and Travel Notebooks, by Daniel Esterman '65CC, Thomas Crow, and Hubert Damisch
Review: "The Street Stops Here"
A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem, by Patrick J. McCloskey '98JRN
Finals
On the Top of the World
We look back at a 1957 Columbia exhibition to Antarctica