Features
Cy Gavin's Luminous Paintings Tell Dark Stories
With his bold and beautiful canvases, the artist grapples with some very challenging issues
Tim Wu Explains How Big Tech is Crippling Democracy
The expert who coined the term “net neutrality” calls for the breakup of big tech, big pharma, and big banks
Meet Hal: He's One Sick Robot
At Columbia’s School of Nursing, a medical simulation center exposes students to the emotional and practical challenges of patient care
College Walk
The Climbing Neuroscientist
Why brain science and bouldering have more in common than you think
Mary Sibande: Power Dresser
The South African artist honors the women in her family who were forced into domestic work during apartheid
Columbia’s Role in the Paris Peace Conference
100 years later, a new exhibit looks at one of the most important treaties ever written
How Many Columbians Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?
Actually one. But relamping the reading rooms can be a tall order
Poets Play Ball at the Alumni Center
A multigenerational reading throws some curves
Your Columbia Playlist
We spotlight 10 alumni artists from Vampire Weekend to Black Uhuru, Paul Robeson to Art Garfunkel
Explorations
How Congress Misreads Public Opinion
New research shows that senior congressional aides have wildly inaccurate perceptions of their constituents’ views
Don’t Mess With These Neurons!
Scientists find "aggressive" part of the hippocampus
Dutch Famine of 1944 Provides Window Into Natural Selection
A study finds new explanation for obesity and diabetes among famine survivors
Spot a Tick? Snap a Pic
Citizen scientists can help combat Lyme disease with a new app
Engineers Avert L Train “Apocalypse”
Dean Mary C. Boyce and colleagues develop an alternative plan that avoids major subway closures
The Great Rain Robbery
An ongoing drought in the American West has been made 38 percent more severe by global warming
Let's Talk About Sex
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
Network
Must-Reading for Ethical Foodies
YinLee Yuan ’02CC publishes Mold magazine, a guide to the future of responsible food production and design
The Science of Sleep
We talk with mindfulness expert Tzivia Gover '96SOA, the director of the Institute for Dream Studies
Lion in the Subway
A new series of subway mosaics honors famed Bronxites, including writer and activist Audre Lorde ’60LS
8 Must-See Documentaries to Add to Your Streaming Queue
(All with Columbians in the credits)
Curating the Legend of Troy
Deniz Ünsal ’04GSAS guides you through a new museum dedicated to the ancient city immortalized in Homer's The Iliad
Books
Book Review: "Am I Dying?!"
By Christopher Kelly ’06CC, ’11PS, ’18PH and Marc Eisenberg ’91CC, ’95PS
A Feat of Biblical Proportions
Robert Alter ’57CC, a professor of comparative literature at UC Berkeley, has produced a 3,500-page translation of the Hebrew Bible
Bulletin
Navabs Give $6M for Student Internships
Beginning this summer, a new program will allow Columbia College students to intern with a variety of nonprofit and for-profit organizations
University Creates Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Farah Jasmine Griffin has been named the inaugural chair
Callamard Leads Inquiry Into Saudi Journalist’s Death
The Columbia human-rights scholar has launched an investigation into the death of Jamal Khashoggi
GSAPP Dean Tapped to Design Beirut Museum of Art
Amale Andraos, a prominent Lebanese-born architect, will design the new modern and contemporary art museum
Craigslist Founder Gives $10M for New Center of Journalism Ethics
The Center, made possible by a gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, will advance journalism-ethics education in the digital age
The Columbia Lions are Ready to Spring
The reigning Ivy League baseball champions are sharpening their claws and licking their chops — again
Halliday and Schama Receive Knighthood
Queen Elizabeth II recently knighted two Columbia professors
Rare Finds
The Puppets of Butler Library
Professor Brander Matthews left his theater memorabilia to Columbia — with strings attached