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Spring 2012

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Dreaming American

For a MoMA exhibition, architects rethink the American suburbs in light of the foreclosure crisis

Features

Diane Paulus
Arts & Humanities

Out of the Woods

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

Illustration of Vladimir Putin
On Campus

Russian Resolution

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

Jen Chung and Jake Dobkin
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?

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?

Illustration of men playing chess in a bar
Arts & Humanities

To Capture A King: A Short Story

By Norbert Ehrenfreund '50GSAS

College Walk

Subway train at station
Arts & Humanities

Poem: "Train Ride"

By Bill Zavatsky '74SOA, '74GS

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

Illustration of horse jockeys riding books
Arts & Humanities

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

Illustration of brain
Science & Technology

Known Unknowns

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

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

Karen Duff and fellow Columbia scientists Li Liu and Scott Small have shown how tau tangles spread throughout the Alzheimer's brain.
Health & Medicine

Tracking Down the Alzheimer’s Executioner

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

Network

Jessica Greer Morris
Alumni

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

Columbians making headlines

Books

Cover of "Berlin 1961" by Frederick Kempe
Books

Book Review: "Berlin 1961"

By Frederick Kempe '77JRN

"The Flame Alphabet" cover
Books

Book Review: "The Flame Alphabet"

By Ben Marcus

Cover of "American Dervish" by Ayad Akhtar
Books

Book Review: "American Dervish"

By Ayad Akhtar '03SOA

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

Four Years for What?

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

Book cover: "Diary of a Company Man" by James S. Kunen
Books

Book Review: "Diary of a Company Man"

By James S. Kunen '70CC

Cover: "The Vanishers" by Heidi Julavits
Books

Book Review: “The Vanishers”

By Heidi Julavits

Cover of "Panther Baby" by Jamal Joseph
Books

Book Review: “Panther Baby"

By Jamal Joseph

Book cover: "Mongrels or Marvels: The Levantine Writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff"
Books

Book Review: “Mongrels or Marvels"

Edited by Deborah A. Starr and Sasson Somekh

Bulletin

John Coatsworth
On Campus

SIPA Dean John Coatsworth Appointed Provost

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

Columbia Daily Spectator logo
On Campus

In Brief: Spring 2012

The Spectator goes digital, and other campus news

Eric Holder and Lee Bollinger
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

Helen Gurley and David Brown in 1984
On Campus

Legendary “Cosmo” Editor Funds Media Institute

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

X-Men cartoon
On Campus

X-Men to Reside at Columbia

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

Columbia women's track and field team
On Campus

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

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

"Hermes 1" sculpture by Sarah Sze
On Campus

Mess, Mess, Mess . . . Art

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Columbia in 2012
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

Barack Obama at the Fortune magazine Most Powerful Women Summit in 2010
On Campus

Barnard, this is the White House Calling

President Obama will address Barnard's 2012 graduating seniors

Finals

The Columbia Journalism school building in 1912
On Campus

The Writing on the Wall

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

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