Spring 2019

We spotlight 10 alumni artists from Vampire Weekend to Black Uhuru, Paul Robeson to Art Garfunkel

Why brain science and bouldering have more in common than you think

The South African artist honors the women in her family who were forced into domestic work during apartheid

100 years later, a new exhibit looks at one of the most important treaties ever written

The Columbia Film Noir Festival and other campus happenings

Actually one. But relamping the reading rooms can be a tall order

A multigenerational reading throws some curves

Dean Mary C. Boyce and colleagues develop an alternative plan that avoids major subway closures

An ongoing drought in the American West has been made 38 percent more severe by global warming

A study finds that high-school students who are taught to communicate with their peers about sex are less likely to be sexually assaulted in college

New research shows that senior congressional aides have wildly inaccurate perceptions of their constituents’ views

Scientists find "aggressive" part of the hippocampus

A study finds new explanation for obesity and diabetes among famine survivors 

Citizen scientists can help combat Lyme disease with a new app

The latest research briefs from Columbia

A new series of subway mosaics honors famed Bronxites, including writer and activist Audre Lorde ’60LS

The former NFL star talks about his latest projects and why choosing Columbia was the right decision

(All with Columbians in the credits)

Deniz Ünsal ’04GSAS guides you through a new museum dedicated to the ancient city immortalized in Homer's The Iliad

YinLee Yuan ’02CC publishes Mold magazine, a guide to the future of responsible food production and design

We talk with mindfulness expert Tzivia Gover '96SOA, the director of the Institute for Dream Studies

By Daniel Immerwahr ’02CC

By Christopher Kelly ’06CC, ’11PS, ’18PH and Marc Eisenberg ’91CC, ’95PS

By Robert W. Fieseler ’13JRN

Robert Alter ’57CC, a professor of comparative literature at UC Berkeley, has produced a 3,500-page translation of the Hebrew Bible

New and noteworthy books from alumni and faculty

Amale Andraos, a prominent Lebanese-born architect, will design the new modern and contemporary art museum

The Center, made possible by a gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, will advance journalism-ethics education in the digital age

The reigning Ivy League baseball champions are sharpening their claws and licking their chops — again

Queen Elizabeth II recently knighted two Columbia professors

Big wins from the men's and women's squads

Beginning this summer, a new program will allow Columbia College students to intern with a variety of nonprofit and for-profit organizations

Farah Jasmine Griffin has been named the inaugural chair

The Columbia human-rights scholar has launched an investigation into the death of Jamal Khashoggi

Professor Brander Matthews left his theater memorabilia to Columbia — with strings attached