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Dreaming American

Columbia’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture and the Museum of Modern Art asked five architect-led teams of urban thinkers to reimagine the suburbs in light of the foreclosure crisis. The result, Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream, currently on exhibit at MoMA, has inspired new discussion and new thought — and created a few subdivisions.
Feature Stories
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic holding a skull
Health & Medicine

Hearts & Bones

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

Jen Chung and Jake Dobkin
Alumni Newsmakers

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?

Illustration of Vladimir Putin
On Campus

Russian Resolution

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

Diane Paulus
Arts & Humanities

Out of the Woods

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

Cover of "College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be" by Andrew Delbanco
Arts & Humanities

Four Years for What?

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

Features

College Walk

Illustration of horse jockeys riding books
On Campus

Bookmakers

A literary Run for the Roses at the New School

Vintage illustration of the Pulitzer Building
On Campus

Window of the World

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

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Science & Technology

Known Unknowns

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

Sale Lake City Temple
On Campus

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?

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

Explorations

Rendering of NYC land bridge between Lower Manhattan and Governor's Island
Science & Technology

How Low Can We Go?

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

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