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Spring 2014

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Going Places

The Columbia Campaign sets an Ivy League record, allowing the University to break new ground

Features

Lincoln
Arts & Humanities

The Blue Unholies

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

UN
Arts & Humanities

Define Intervention

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

Illustration
Health & Medicine

Breaking Through

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

Billy club
Arts & Humanities

Object Lessons

J-school professor Nina Berman '85JRN discusses the evolving state of photojournalism

College Walk

Illustration
Health & Medicine

Brainchildren

Visiting Columbia's family-friendly Brain Expo 

Chocolate
Arts & Humanities

Cocoa Power

Exploring chocolate's dark history at Columbia's Maison Française

Illustration
On Campus

Nuclear Reactions

Life after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster

U-KISS band
Arts & Humanities

Kiss Me

A K-pop star on campus

Explorations

Dust
Science & Technology

Dusty Air Contributing to Disease in Africa

Columbia climate scientists have discovered why outbreaks of bacterial meningitis are seasonal

Olajide Williams
Science & Technology

Spotting Strokes

A video game that parents will want their kids to play

Bacteria
Science & Technology

Psst, Bacteria: We Can Hear You!

Columbia researchers have developed a new way to monitor how bacterial cells communicate

Network

Jennifer Lee
Alumni

Jennifer Lee, Ursula Burns, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Books

Artis Henderson and husband
Books

Review: Unremarried Widow

By Artis Henderson '10JRN

Père Marie-Benoit
Books

Book Review: "Père Marie-Benoît and Jewish Rescue"

By Susan Zuccotti '79GSAS

Into Daylight
Books

Review: "Into Daylight: Poems"

By Jeffrey Harrison '80CC

An Improbable life
Books

Highs in Low

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

Little Failure
Books

Book Review: "Little Failure"

By Gary Shteyngart

Bulletin

Lee C. Bollinger
On Campus

The Evolving University

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

Jonathan D. Schiller
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

Panel
On Campus

A Big Scoop, and then a Chill

A J-school panel weighs in on Edward Snowden’s leaks

Columbia Entrepreneurship
On Campus

In Brief: Spring 2014

Columbia launches entrepreneurship initiative, among other news

John MacPhee
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

Finals

Cartoon
On Campus

A Warm, Fuzzy Feeling

A cartoon by Edward Koren '57CC

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