

Features

Breaking Through
What will cannabis legalization mean for public health? Columbia researchers attempt to clear the air

Define Intervention
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, a SIPA professor and former diplomat, calls for rethinking the way we approach geopolitical crises

The Blue Unholies
The moody, masterly writer Jerome Charyn '59CC sings a presidential lament

Object Lessons
J-school professor Nina Berman '85JRN discusses the evolving state of photojournalism
College Walk
Explorations

Dusty Air Contributing to Disease in Africa
Columbia climate scientists have discovered why outbreaks of bacterial meningitis are seasonal

Psst, Bacteria: We Can Hear You!
Columbia researchers have developed a new way to monitor how bacterial cells communicate
Books

Highs in Low
We talk with Michael I. Sovern '53CC, author of “An Improbable Life: My 60 Years at Columbia and Other Adventures”
Bulletin

The Evolving University
President Lee C. Bollinger discusses the progress made possible by the Columbia Campaign

Jonathan D. Schiller Poised to Lead University Trustees
The prominent New York City attorney has been elected co-chair of the board alongside William V. Campbell ’62CC, ’64TC

Jed Foundation: Preventing Mental Illness on Campus is Everybody’s Job
The nonprofit, whose mission is to prevent mental illness, substance abuse, and suicide among college students, has announced a major initiative