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Spring 2019

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Radical Solutions for Baldness

Geneticist Angela Christiano’s research not only offers hope to those suffering from hair loss, it could point the way to new cancer therapies.

Features

Arts & Humanities

Luminous Paintings That Tell Dark Stories

With his bold and beautiful canvases, Cy Gavin ’16SOA grapples with some very challenging issues

Books

Tim Wu on 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

On Campus

Welcome to Manhattanville

Discover arts, culture, and exceptional eats uptown

Health & Medicine

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

Health & Medicine

The Climbing Neuroscientist

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

Arts & Humanities

Mary Sibande: Power Dresser

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

Arts & Humanities

Columbia’s Role in the Paris Peace Conference

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

On Campus

The Short List: Spring 2019

The Columbia Film Noir Festival and other campus happenings

On Campus

How Many Columbians Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?

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

Arts & Humanities

Poets Play Ball at the Alumni Center

A multigenerational reading throws some curves

Arts & Humanities

Your Columbia Playlist

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

Explorations

Science & Technology

How Congress Misreads Public Opinion

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

Health & Medicine

Don’t Mess With These Neurons!

Scientists find "aggressive" part of the hippocampus

Health & Medicine

Dutch Famine of 1944 Provides Window Into Natural Selection

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

Science & Technology

Spot a Tick? Snap a Pic

Citizen scientists can help combat Lyme disease with a new app

Science & Technology

Study Hall: Spring 2019

The latest research briefs from Columbia

Science & Technology

Engineers Avert L Train “Apocalypse”

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

Science & Technology

The Great Rain Robbery

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

Health & Medicine

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

Arts & Humanities

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

Arts & Humanities

Must-Reading for Woke Foodies

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

Health & Medicine

The Science of Sleep

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

Arts & Humanities

Lion in the Subway

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

Alumni

Marcellus Wiley on Life After Football

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

Arts & Humanities

8 Must-See Documentaries to Add to Your Streaming Queue

(All with Columbians in the credits)

Books

Books

Book Review: "How to Hide an Empire"

By Daniel Immerwahr ’02CC

Books

Book Review: "Am I Dying?!"

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

Books

Book Review: "Tinderbox"

By Robert W. Fieseler ’13JRN

Books

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

Books

Your Spring 2019 Reading List

New and noteworthy books from alumni and faculty

Bulletin

On Campus

Halliday and Schama Receive Knighthood

Queen Elizabeth II recently knighted two Columbia professors

On Campus

Fencers Repeat as Ivy Champs

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

On Campus

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

On Campus

University Creates Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Farah Jasmine Griffin has been named the inaugural chair

On Campus

Callamard Leads Inquiry Into Saudi Journalist’s Death

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

On Campus

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

On Campus

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

On Campus

The Columbia Lions are Ready to Spring

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

Rare Finds

Arts & Humanities

The Puppets of Butler Library

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

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