Spring 2014
The Columbia Campaign sets an Ivy League record, allowing the University to break new ground.
Features
Arts & Humanities
Object Lessons
J-school professor Nina Berman '85JRN discusses the evolving state of photojournalism
Health & Medicine
Breaking Through
What will cannabis legalization mean for public health? Columbia researchers attempt to clear the air
Arts & Humanities
Define Intervention
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, a SIPA professor and former diplomat, calls for rethinking the way we approach geopolitical crises
Arts & Humanities
The Blue Unholies
The moody, masterly writer Jerome Charyn '59CC sings a presidential lament
College Walk
Explorations
Science & Technology
Dusty Air Contributing to Disease in Africa
Columbia climate scientists have discovered why outbreaks of bacterial meningitis are seasonal
Science & Technology
Psst, Bacteria: We Can Hear You!
Columbia researchers have developed a new way to monitor how bacterial cells communicate
Network
Books
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
On Campus
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
On Campus
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
On Campus
The Evolving University
President Lee C. Bollinger discusses the progress made possible by the Columbia Campaign