Spring/Summer 2015
Students at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons are getting ready to practice. Will it make them better doctors?
Features
Seeds of Hope
Science & Technology
Seeds of Hope
In Uruguay, Columbia scientists are working on a forecasting system to help farmers cope with climate change
The New Rules of Networking
Science & Technology
The New Rules of Networking
Social-networking evangelist Sree Sreenivasan '93JRN has advice for new graduates: link in, tweet on, and connect often
After the Deluge
Arts & Humanities
After the Deluge
A New Orleans-born writer reflects on the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the toll the disaster is still taking on his city
College Walk
Some Enchanted Evening
Arts & Humanities
Some Enchanted Evening
Introducing the first annual “Columbia Songbook,” a celebration of show tunes written by faculty and alumni
The Controversy of Art
Arts & Humanities
The Controversy of Art
Victor Navasky, founding member of the Committee to Protect Journalists, on Charlie Hebdo
Capturing the Emperor
Arts & Humanities
Capturing the Emperor
Barak Goodman's latest film, a six-hour adaptation of The Emperor of All Maladies, has been the documentarian's most intricate assignment yet
Explorations
Face-to-Face Dialogues Seen as Key to Breaking Down Bigotry
Science & Technology
Face-to-Face Dialogues Seen as Key to Breaking Down Bigotry
A Columbia study has found that people opposed to same-sex marriage will often reverse their stance after a single conversation with a gay canvasser
New Hope for Those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Health & Medicine
New Hope for Those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The illness, once dismissed as the “yuppie flu,” has long frustrated scientists seeking to explain its etiology
Network
Good Chemistry
Alumni
Good Chemistry
The American Chemical Society bestowed its highest honor on Jacqueline Barton ’74BC, ’79GSAS, ’10HON
Up, Up, and Away
Alumni
Up, Up, and Away
NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra ’13BUS will return to the International Space Station for the first time since 2009
Books
Notes of a Literary Partisan
Books
Notes of a Literary Partisan
We talk with literary and cultural critic Morris Dickstein '61CC about his book Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education
Bulletin
Score, Lion, Score: Columbia Hires New Athletic Director, Football Coach
On Campus
Score, Lion, Score: Columbia Hires New Athletic Director, Football Coach
Introducing Peter Pilling and Al Bagnoli
In Brief: Spring/Summer 2015
On Campus
In Brief: Spring/Summer 2015
Michael W. Doyle named University Professor, among other news
Philanthropists Give $5 Million for Chinese-History Center
On Campus
Philanthropists Give $5 Million for Chinese-History Center
The Tang Center for Early China is being established with a $5 million endowment gift from Oscar and Agnes Tang
School of Continuing Education gets New Dean
On Campus
School of Continuing Education gets New Dean
Jason Wingard, formerly the chief learning officer at Goldman Sachs, begins his new deanship on July 1
University Bestows Inaugural Global Freedom of Expression Prizes
On Campus
University Bestows Inaugural Global Freedom of Expression Prizes
The prizes were given March 11, at the close of a two-day conference hosted by Columbia’s Global Freedom of Expression and Information initiative