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Spring 2012

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Dreaming American

Features

Arts & Humanities

To Capture A King: A Short Story

By Norbert Ehrenfreund '50GSAS

Health & Medicine

Hearts & Bones

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is at the forefront of regenerative medicine. Can her laboratory-grown body parts really work?

Alumni

The Eyes of Gotham

How did Jen Chung and Jake Dobkin, cofounders of Gothamist, turn a simple message board into the hottest news source in town?

On Campus

Russian Resolution

Timothy Frye, director of Columbia’s Harriman Institute, explains what a weakened Putin means for Russia

Arts & Humanities

Out of the Woods

Theater director Diane Paulus '97SOA takes on Porgy and Bess

College Walk

Arts & Humanities

Bookmakers

A literary Run for the Roses at the New School

On Campus

Window of the World

The story of the stained-glass Lady Liberty at the journalism school

Science & Technology

Known Unknowns

A Columbia class called "Ignorance" invites researchers to publicly expose the gaps in their knowledge

On Campus

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?

A discussion of Mormonism and American politics at Columbia’s Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life

Arts & Humanities

Poem: "Train Ride"

By Bill Zavatsky '74SOA, '74GS

Explorations

Health & Medicine

Tracking Down the Alzheimer’s Executioner

A new discovery brings scientists closer to understanding how the disease spreads

Science & Technology

How Low Can We Go?

Columbia researchers propose what would be the city’s most ambitious land-reclamation project yet

Network

Alumni

Jessica Greer Morris, Timothy Donnelly, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Books

Books

Book Review: "American Dervish"

By Ayad Akhtar '03SOA

Books

Four Years for What?

American Studies professor Andrew Delbanco discusses his book College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be

Books

Book Review: "Diary of a Company Man"

By James S. Kunen '70CC

Books

Book Review: “The Vanishers”

By Heidi Julavits

Books

Book Review: “Panther Baby"

By Jamal Joseph

Books

Book Review: “Mongrels or Marvels"

Edited by Deborah A. Starr and Sasson Somekh

Books

Book Review: "Berlin 1961"

By Frederick Kempe '77JRN

Books

Book Review: "The Flame Alphabet"

By Ben Marcus

Bulletin

On Campus

SIPA Dean John Coatsworth Appointed Provost

The “transformational dean” at the School of International and Public Affairs enters a new role

On Campus

Holder: Feds Still Investigating 2008 Economic Crash

Eric Holder talks about the creation of a federal task forced aimed at rooting out the perpetrators of fraudulent lending and investing practices

On Campus

Legendary “Cosmo” Editor Funds Media Institute

Helen Gurley Brown gives $30 million for a new center that will support tech-savvy journalism

On Campus

X-Men to Reside at Columbia

Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library acquires Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men archives

On Campus

Women’s Track-and-Field Team Earns Historic First

Columbia women take home the team title at the Ivy League championships

On Campus

Mess, Mess, Mess . . . Art

A piece of sculpture by School of the Arts professor Sarah Sze is a pack rat's fantasy

On Campus

Without Precedent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Honored at Law School

The Supreme Court Justice, who did pro bono work for the ACLU while teaching at Columbia from 1972 to 1980, returns to Morningside Heights

On Campus

Barnard, this is the White House Calling

President Obama will address Barnard's 2012 graduating seniors

On Campus

In Brief: Spring 2012

The Spectator goes digital, and other campus news

Finals

On Campus

The Writing on the Wall

How the J-school's Pulitzer Hall got its name

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