

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